The 19th Wife: A Novel
By
Ebershoff, David
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| Price: | $15.00 |
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| Categories: | General Fiction |
| ISBN: | 9781588367488 |
| Publisher: | Random House, Inc. |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain. Continue reading...
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Helpful Customer Reviews
The 19th Wife: A Novel
Shelah (Salt Lake City, UT)
Sat Dec 13 2008 15:04
First of all, if you're LDS and uncomfortable (or sticking your head in the sand) about our church's history with polygamy, then this probably isn't the book for you. It's really two stories-- a modern-day story of a young man trying to get his mom out of jail after she was arrested for murdering hi...more...
Maria (Pasadena, CA)
Mon Oct 13 2008 01:54
I found this book to be very timely - with Warren Jeffs in the news and the HBO series Big Love (which I watch) currently on the air. It was a very interesting dive into Mormonism and the question of Plural Marriage - and it's effects on the women, children and even the men itself.
It ...more...
Cindy (The United States)
Tue Sep 09 2008 16:40
I've enjoyed reading this historical novel about the Mormon religion, specifically Latter Day Saints, and within that sect, those people known as Firsts. A story within a story, this book took me a little while to sort out at first, but then, both the story of the early years of Mormonism, and the m...more...
Angie (The United States)
Wed Apr 01 2009 17:58
I really enjoyed this book. It's well writen and a quick read. The characters are very likable. It was one of those I just couldn't put down, and when I had to put it down I thought about it a lot. It's two stories in one book. One is of a modern day polygamist group in southern Utah, told from...more...
Rhiannon (Lexington, KY)
Sat Feb 07 2009 22:49
This book tells two stories - one is the story of Ann Eliza Young, who was one of Brigham Young's wives but who left him and went on the lecture circuit denouncing polygamy. Her story is done well, in an epistolary fashion (though most of it is a rewrite of a book she actually wrote, which is a lit...more...
Jennifer (Newburyport, MA)
Sat Sep 20 2008 16:00
There is a lot going on in this ambitious book. There is the story of Ann Eliza Young - Brigham Young's 19th wife who broke with the LDS church and went on the lecture circuit to denounce polygamy. There is also the present day mystery of another 19th wife imprisoned for murdering her husband and ...more...
Kathleen (Avon, IN)
Wed Aug 20 2008 18:18
This was the type of book that you hate to put down and just can't wait to get back to. I carried it with me all everywhere I went so that if I found myself with 5 minutes to spare, I had my nose buried in the book.
There are two stories within the cover of The 19th Wife. We have Ann El...more...
Nancy (San Francisco, CA)
Mon Sep 08 2008 11:16
Ebershoff intersperses two parallel tales in this book about polygamy among the Mormon community. The first is that of Ann Eliza Brigham, supposed 19th wife, but probably number 50+ of Brigham Young. After much resistance, Ann reluctantly became his wife in order to protect her parents and brother f...more...
Anne (Lincs, na, The United Kingdom)
Mon Dec 08 2008 02:31
At over 500 pages, this is a heavy tome, but once I started reading, I was immersed and could hardly put this one down.
Jordan has been estranged from his parents for many years, but he still knows deep inside that despite her arrest, his mother didnt kill his father. He returns to his h...more...
Carey (Gilmanton, NH)
Thu Nov 06 2008 13:01
In his new novel, David Ebershoff paints the history of the Mormon religion through the eyes of Ann Eliza Young, the so-called nineteenth wife of Brigham Young. Ann Eliza's parents were there when Joseph Smith was forming what would become the Mormon church and she grew up within it. When she was g...more...
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