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first recounts Brigham Young's expulsion of one of his wives, Ann
Eliza, from the Mormon Church; the second is a modern-day murder
mystery set in a polygamous compound in Utah. Unfolding through an
impressive variety of narrative forms—Wikipedia entries, academic
research papers, newspaper opinion pieces—the stories include
fascinating historical details. We are told, for instance, of Brigham
Young's ban on dramas that romanticized monogamous love at his
community theatre; as one of Young's followers says, "I ain't sitting
through no play where a man makes such a cussed fuss over one woman."
Ebershoff demonstrates abundant virtuosity, as he convincingly inhabits
the voices of both a nineteenth-century Mormon wife and a contemporary
gay youth excommunicated from the church, while also managing to say
something about the mysterious power of faith.
Location: Cedar Grove Public Library One Municipal Plaza Cedar Grove, New Jersey 07009  The 19th Wife (Paperback)$13.50 ISBN-13: 9780812974157Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 06/01/2009 Bookmark/Search this post with: |
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