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Jordan returns from California to Utah to visit his mother in jail. As a teenager he was expelled from his family and religious community, a secretive Mormon offshoot sect. Now his father has been found shot dead in front of his computer, and one of his many wives - Jordan's mother - is accused of the crime.
Over a century earlier, Ann Eliza Young, the nineteenth wife of Brigham Young, Prophet and Leader of the Mormon Church, tells the sensational story of how her own parents were drawn into plural marriage, and how she herself battled for her freedom and escaped her powerful husband, to lead a crusade to end polygamy in the United States.
Bold, shocking and gripping, The 19th Wife expertly weaves together these two narratives: a pageturning literary mystery and an enthralling epic of love and faith.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780552774987
Number of pages: 608
Weight: 409 g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 36 mm
The multiplicity of perspectives serves to broaden Ebershoff's depiction not only of polygamy, but also of the people whose lives it informs. And this gives his novel a rare sense of moral urgency - The New York Times Book Review
A marvellous evocation of pioneer life... But his sympathy is with Eliza Young and other women trapped in what the Mormons termed 'celestial marriages' - Daily Mail
Beautifully written... genuinely enthralling - Literary Review
Engrossing... vivid... packed with historical illumination, unforgettable characters... the greatest triumph is the way all this material illuminates the larger landscape of faith - Washington Post
Intelligent, compelling, with several decent twists - Guardian
I really enjoyed this book! It's a bit weird as it switches between 2 periods, but is really entertaining and informative.
i really enjoyed this book it was so good i would recommend it to any body and its great for travelling as i was it made the train journey feel quicker as i was so engrossed in the book. i think this was the bestbook... More
I liked this book although I thought the story could have been told in less pages. The book maps the history of the Mormon church though characters of the day whilst telling a more sinister modern story involving a... More
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