The 19th Wife Book Reviews

AUTHOR
David Ebershoff
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
277

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff Book Summary

Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain.

Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff’s The 19th Wife combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a brilliant novel of literary suspense.

It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of a family’s polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife.

Soon after Ann Eliza’s story begins, a second exquisite narrative unfolds–a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah. Jordan Scott, a young man who was thrown out of his fundamentalist sect years earlier, must reenter the world that cast him aside in order to discover the truth behind his father’s death.

And as Ann Eliza’s narrative intertwines with that of Jordan’ s search, readers are pulled deeper into the mysteries of love and faith.

Praise for The 19th Wife

“This exquisite tour de force explores the dark roots of polygamy and its modern-day fruit in a renegade cult . . . Ebershoff brilliantly blends a haunting fictional narrative by Ann Eliza Young, the real-life 19th “rebel” wife of Mormon leader Brigham Young, with the equally compelling contemporary narrative of fictional Jordan Scott, a 20-year-old gay man. . . . With the topic of plural marriage and its shattering impact on women and powerless children in today's headlines, this novel is essential reading for anyone seeking understanding of the subject.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Book Name The 19th Wife
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E-Book Size 8.66 MB

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The 19th Wife. I loved this book. I could not put it down. It provides history and a glimpse into present day polygamy. I couldn't decide whose story was more riveting, Jordan's or Ann Eliza's! This is a must read for others out there that love historical fiction.

The 19th Wife. Tried hard to like the book. Having just concluded the author's masterpiece, "The Ophan Master's Son," I was looking forward to this one. Polygamy, along with juicy details decribing the Firsts, are compelling subjects. I like his writing style: juxtaposing characters and events but in "The 19th Wife," the stategy fell flat. I closed the book before the last section, no longer cared....

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Summary of The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

The The 19th Wife book written by David Ebershoff was published on 05 August 2008, Tuesday in the Literary category. A total of 277 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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