Title: The 19th WifeAuthor: David Ebershoff
Publisher: Black Swan
ISBN: 9780552774987
Price: £7.99
The Back of the Book: For the first time in six years, Jordoan returns from California to Utah, to visit his mother - in jail. As a young boy he was expelled from his family's secretive polygamous Mormon 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 Elia Young, nineteenth wife of Brigham Young, second Prophet of the Mormon Church, tells the sensational story of how she battled for her freedom from 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 in an enthralling epic of love, family, murder and faith.
Why I Chose this Book: This is another wish-list book. I'm attracted to the religious and historical elements of the blurb, rather than the murder-mystery thread. It's quite a tome and looks like it will be a very satisfying read.
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