The 19th Wife A Novel
The 19th Wife A Novel by David Ebershoff, published by Random House Publishing Group on June 2, 2009, is a reprint edition comprising 544 pages. This novel presents a dual narrative set in both 1875 and the present day, focusing on Ann Eliza Young, who has separated from her husband, Brigham Young, and is determined to end polygamy in the United States. As she recounts her family’s polygamous history, the story also introduces a contemporary murder mystery involving a polygamist family in Utah.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes related to love, family, and faith as the narratives of Ann Eliza and Jordan Scott intertwine. Jordan, a young man expelled from his fundamentalist sect, embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind his father’s death, drawing him back into a world he thought he had left behind. This novel delves into the complexities of personal and familial relationships against the backdrop of historical and modern challenges related to polygamy.
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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 her family’s polygamous history is revealed, including how both she and her mother became plural wives. Yet 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, family, and faith.
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