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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,... read more
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First Sentence
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.
Table of Contents
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
Authors & Contributors
- David Ebershoff (Author)
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