
The 19th Wife
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Kimberly Farr
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Rebecca Lowman
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Arthur Morey
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David Ebershoff
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, listeners are pulled deeper into the mysteries of love and faith.
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“This exquisite tour de force explores the dark roots of polygamy and its modern-day fruit in a renegade cult...Ebershoff 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.” (Publishers Weekly - starred review)
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More than multiple wives
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Would you consider the audio edition of The 19th Wife to be better than the print version?
I didn't read the print versionWhat does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Different voices for different perspectivs.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, although it wasn't possible.Any additional comments?
This book gave fascinating insights into Mormonism and polygenous marriage in the context of absorbing fiction.Fascinating insights into Mormonism
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Educational and a riveting story at the same time
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Amazing
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Almost couldn't stop when I needed to do things!
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The book is based on polygamy churches and how this all came to light. Very well written and easy to follow along with.
Crazy story
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Any additional comments?
I bought this book totally by chance some years back, while on vacation in Brussels (I had forgotten to bring a book, so I went into the first bookstore I could find). What originally called to me was the opportunity to get a closer look at a religion and a world, that I have only heard about on the news – and NEVER for the good reasons.The book is divided into three narratives; a modern day murder-mystery, with a 19th wife at the centre, the true tale of Eliza Young – a 19th wife herself, and fictional scholars talking about Eliza Young and her book. When I read this book the first time I really fell in love with the first part, was intrigued by the second, and found the third a bit superfluous. But this time around I love all three parts, coming to the conclusion that you need them all, to really get at what celestial marriage is all about.
All in all this book is just an awesome read, and the story as well as the characters will stay with you long after you reached the (although 600+ pages long) all so soon end.
I will say,though that not all narrators are equally good...
I will never not recommend this book!
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Five stars!
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Interesting story, but long
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"I just finished listening to the audiobook of The 19th Wife... I don't know if you would like it, but it was really interesting. It's a mix between a modern story of a polygamist wife in southern Utah who gets accused of murdering her husband and the true story of one of Brigham Young's wives who left him and went on a campaign across the country to successfully help outlaw polygamy. It has a lot of Mormon history but I liked it cuz there was stuff I didn't know even though I was around it for 30 years and also talked a lot about Salt Lake history so I have been most of the places they referenced and could imagine them."
I would recommend it to some people...
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