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| The 19th Wife: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: David Ebershoff
Publisher: Random House
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 482
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.6 x 1.4
ISBN: 1400063973
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781400063970
ASIN: 1400063973
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
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Product Description
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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 A Disappointment October 13, 2008
I'm in the minority here, but I was disappointed in the novel. I guess I was mislead by the cover, thinking that the Ann Eliza Young story would take a back seat to the fictionalized story of Jordan and his hunt for his father's killer and mother's proof of innocence. I was wrong. The Ann Eliza story basically took center stage. It was very fascinating and I truly enjoyed it. However, so much emphasis was put on Ann Eliza that I honestly forgot characters and occurances in Jordan's story. This may have been because I only read about a chapter a night; but still, no book without Cliff Notes should be that hard to keep up with.
I am glad I read it, since I find the Mormon aspect of American History fascinating. But I just don't agree with my fellow reviewers has been as great a book as they.
Showed promise and quickly fizzled October 13, 2008
With recent polygamy issues in the news and on TV, I was excited to read this new book which was part mystery and part history. It had a great start and I was very intrigued. That intrigue quickly turned to impatience which lead eventually to boredom. I found the historical aspect of the novel way too long and frankly not particularily interesting. The modern day mystery part of the book was mildly suspenseful but with an anti-climatic ending. When coming to the end, my final thought was "so what?"
 the 19th wife October 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
it is 2 stories in one.... can make you wonder but really needed to be put togetter a little bit better
 This book is amazingly addictive! October 8, 2008
The 19th Wife is a wonderful and fascinating book about the affects of plural marriages on the family structure. I loved this book and would highly recommend to other readers.
Wonderful! September 28, 2008
I would have happily given this novel a perfect score but for one minor detraction - length. In the last third, I found myself skipping|skimming a few sections. I became impatient with the characters' lengthy self-examinations.
Nevertheless, this novel is so beautifully written and so well researched that I began recommending it before I finished the first 200 pages. I would like to add that I have never before been inspired to write a review, and that my impatience to get through certain parts is probably due more to my own character flaws than any fault of the author. I so enjoyed this novel, purchased electronically, that I will be purchasing a "hard copy" to share with friends.
In summary, well worth reading and reading again!
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