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The 19th Wife 6.16.09

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Jun 162009
 

19th_wife_jacketFaith, 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. – FROM THE AUTHOR SITE

FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS…David Eberschoff’s manner of story telling alternating between a historical story and a murder mystery set in the present was a little hard for me to read smoothly in the beginning. One moment I was getting into the current story and then thrown into a different one. However, I have to say that once I got into the novel I was able to separate the two stories and found each interesting. The emotions he created in Anne and Jordan did captivate me and had me going through the feelings as I read. If you’re looking for a different writing style in which more than one story is told, this may be the book for you to read.

DAVID WAS HERE AND I WAS NOT…Last Thursday David was in town at Quail Ridge Books for a reading and book signing. I was ready to go but of course at the last minute as we all know what ALWAYS sems to happens to moms, I had a child who decided they wanted to be sick at the last minute and of course as I’m about to walk out the door…GRRR Hopefully the next time he’s in town I’ll be able to see him.

NOW THE BOOK GIVEAWAY…The Book Faery Reviews is giving away ONE copy of The 19th Wife to one lucky commenter! All you have to do is leave a comment below. If you’d like more chances, tweet “RT @wifeandmomof3 The 19th Wife book giveaway at http://tbfreviews.net”, blog about it, subscribe to The Book Faery Reviews either by e-mail or RSS reader. :-) You can leave one comment with everything you did and I’ll happily count each action. This book giveaway will run through Friday, June 19th.

  • http://www.morbid-romantic.net Valorie

    I have been DYING to read this book. :P It’s on my paperbackswap list. My mother’s side of the family is Mormon and I love things that speak to the root of me. Though not a practicing Mormon myself, I have such a tender and affectionate spot for them in me.

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  • Pam

    I’ve been wanting to read this book since it was first released in hardcover. It’s on my list of books to buy. I find the topic fascinating – I just can’t imagine being a part of a plural marriage or in marrying at such a young age. I’d really like to read and learn more about it and this book sounds fantastic.

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  • http://bermudaonion.wordpress.com Kathy

    Don’t enter me. I loved the book and I’m sorry you didn’t make the signing – that would have been so much fun.
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  • Heather S

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    Darn!! Too bad you missed him. I’m really looking forward to seeing him next week in our area. Thanks for the review!
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  • clenna in NH

    I’d love to read this book. It’s very different from any thing I have read.

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    I so want to read this book!
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    I’ve heard so many good things about this book! I can’t wait to read it! Thank you for the chance to win a copy!

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    great review- i’d love to win

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  • Renee G

    Sorry you missed the book signing. This sounds like an interesting and intriguing book.
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  • http://www.ninthfactor.org Kelly

    On my Paperback Swap wishlist! Really, really looking forward to reading this!

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    Looks like a book that should be in my TBR pile! Thanks for the chance to win a copy.

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    +1 What an interesting book. I always wanted to read it. But my TBR’s are sky high I never got to add this one to my list. Please count me in
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  • CL

    I just saw the movie. It was fascinated. I hope the book is as good. It is sad that polygamy is still practice and people are raising their daughters in such a setting. Girls should be free to marry who they wish not force to marry young. They should be able to go to school and live their dreams not one that some p— think. It is sad how a person misintrepret the word and pick and choose certain passages to satify their own selfish desires. People read for yourself.

   

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