The 19th Wife
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Product Description
Jordan returns from California to Utah to visit his mother in jail. As a teenager he was expelled from his family and religious community, a secretive Mormon offshoot 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 Eliza Young, the nineteenth wife of Brigham Young, Prophet and Leader of the Mormon Church, tells the sensational story of how her own parents were drawn into plural marriage, and how she herself battled for her freedom and escaped 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: a page turning literary mystery and an enthralling epic of love and faith.
Jordan returns from California to Utah to visit his mother in jail. As a teenager he was expelled from his family and religious community, a secretive Mormon offshoot 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 Eliza Young, the nineteenth wife of Brigham Young, Prophet and Leader of the Mormon Church, tells the sensational story of how her own parents were drawn into plural marriage, and how she herself battled for her freedom and escaped 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: a page turning literary mystery and an enthralling epic of love and faith.
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Congratulations on winning. Hope you enjoy this.
Congratulations on winning. Hope you enjoy this.
Wow, Lellie, what a compelling bookcover! :)
Thanks for the postcard, and you are right, I think this book is just my type!
Looking forward to reading it!
Eva
Thanks for the postcard, and you are right, I think this book is just my type!
Looking forward to reading it!
Eva
Currently reading it; and about time! It has been sitting on my bookshelf for far too long...
Even though its premise of going back and forth in time is interesting, I found its plot quite slow and no remarkable characters, I did not feel like continue reading as there was nothing to keep my interest.
Maybe too long, maybe I am not in the right mood for it... but the truth is that I gave up and picked something else to read.
A shame, because the story was appealing, but I did not appreciate the way in which it was told.
I started reading this in order to send to the winner of the Family Sweepstakes, but as I was taking ages I sent something else instead. Now I hope I will find a better home for this one.
Maybe too long, maybe I am not in the right mood for it... but the truth is that I gave up and picked something else to read.
A shame, because the story was appealing, but I did not appreciate the way in which it was told.
I started reading this in order to send to the winner of the Family Sweepstakes, but as I was taking ages I sent something else instead. Now I hope I will find a better home for this one.
Reserved for greenbadger's Alphabet VBB.
Reserved for Alia-Rus, who picked it from the VBB.
Sent today to Alia_Rus, who picked it from the Alphabet VBB.
Enjoy!! :)
Enjoy!! :)
