"This exquisite tour de force explores the dark roots of polygamy and its modern-day fruit in a renegade cult.Ebershoff ( The Danish Girl) brilliantly blends a haunting fictional narrative by Ann Eliza Young, the real-life 19th "rebel" wife of Mormon leader Brigham Young, with the equally compelling contemporary narrative of fictional Jordan Scott, a 20-year-old gay man.With the topic of plural marriage and its shattering impact on women and powerless children in today's headlines, this novel is essential reading for anyone seeking understanding of the subject. A rich account of a familys polygamous history is revealed. "Rarely has a work of fiction seemed more timely. Ebershoff ( Pasadena, 2002, etc.) takes a promising historical premise and runs with itperhaps a couple of dozen pages too long. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. Ebershoff not only imparts a valuable lesson on religion, but spins a compelling tale that makes readers question the power of faith and what we believe and why." - USA Today
"Part history class, part expose, part love story, The 19th Wife is thoroughly addictive. The greatest triumph is the way illuminates the larger landscape of faith." - The Washington Post Book World a book packed with historical illumination, unforgettable characters and the deepest questions about the tenacity of belief.
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