Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff\u2019s The 19th Wife combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a brilliant novel of literary suspense. <\/p>\n
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\u2019s polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife.<\/p>\n
Soon after Ann Eliza\u2019s story begins, a second exquisite narrative unfolds\u2013a 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\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
And as Ann Eliza\u2019s narrative intertwines with that of Jordan\u2019s search, readers are pulled deeper into the mysteries of love and faith. <\/p>\n
The 19th Wife is a finalist for the Utah Book Award, the Galaxy British Book Award, the Ferro-Grumley Award. Citing Ebershoff’s heritage and themes, True West magazine has named David Ebershoff the best western fiction writer in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain.
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