The 19th Wife: A Novel (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The 19th Wife: A Novel 2 weeks ago.

• 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.

MarleneNL edited the language of an edition set of The 19th Wife: A Novel Saturday, November 14 2009.

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Kay J edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of The 19th Wife: A Novel Thursday, October 29 2009.

• Added: The Story of Ann Aliza Young's life and how she became Brigham Youngs 19th wife later to divorce him publicly.

Jisha M edited the first sentence of The 19th Wife: A Novel Wednesday, September 23 2009.

• According to the St. George Register, on a clear night last June, at some time between eleven and half-past, my mom—who isn’t anything like this—tiptoed down to the basement of the house I grew up in with a Big Boy .44 Magnum in her hands.

Jisha M edited the table of contents of The 19th Wife: A Novel Wednesday, September 23 2009.

• i. two wives

  ii.wife #19: the red in the desert

  iii.early history

  iv.the origins of love

  v.wife #19: an eye in the dark

  vi.celestial marriage

  vii.women’s studies

  viii.wife #19: the gun on the screen

  ix.zion

  x.the mission

  xi. wife #19: the con of the west

  xii.the actress

  xiii.contract of faith

  xiv.wife #19: off the strip

  xv.the prophet’s wife

  xvi.my mother’s flight

  xvii.wife #19: the girl in slc

  xviii.restoration of all things

  xix.prison diary of brigham young

  xx.wife #19: the conviction of jordan scott

  xxi.epilogues

  author’s note and acknowledgments

Shelfari edited the description of The 19th Wife: A Novel Friday, July 31 2009.

• 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The 19th Wife: A Novel Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: David Ebershoff: (Primary Author)