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He juxtaposes the world of modern polygamous families down on the remote utaharizona line with the life of a junior wife of 19thcentury mormon patriarch brigham young. His fiction has won a number of awards, including the rosenthal foundation award from the american academy of arts and letters and the lambda literary award, and has been translated into ten languages to critical acclaim. Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, david ebershoffs 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. How did you first encounter the story of ann eliza young, the 19th wife of brigham young, and what drew you to her story. Based on your reading of the 19th wife, what kind of memoirist do you think the real ann eliza young was. Feb 26, 2016 discover book depositorys huge selection of david ebershoff books online. The 19th wife by david ebershoff books the guardian. Inspired by the life of ann eliza young, the novel intertwines a historical narrative with a modernday murder mystery. This novel part historical fiction, part modernday murder mystery imagines the tribulations of two polygamist wives. David ebershoff books list of books by author david ebershoff. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 514 pages and is available in hardcover format. A television movie adaptation aired on lifetime on september, 2010, starring matt czuchry, patricia wettig, and chyler leigh. David ebershoff uses multiple voices and texts to link one beckylyn scotts.
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A conversation with david ebershoff random house readers circle. David ebershoff is an american writer, editor, and teacher. Jan 02, 2009 ebershoff s book the 19th wife is a wellresearched and inciteful read about the consequences of celestial or plural marriage a mb d the devastating effects it has on women, children and men. David ebershoff discusses his book the 19th wife youtube. The 19th wife is a big book, in every sense of the word. David ebershoff uses multiple voices and texts to link one beckylyn scotts apparent shooting of her husband as he gambled on the internet to. A clearly well researched novel, ebershoff provides a thorough historical perspective on the beginnings and ends of polygamy in mormonism. As a lapsed mormon convert in my late teens and early twenties i was fascinated by the 19th wife. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the 19th wife.
A masterful novel set in the world of the mormon church, and in a strange modern polygamous sect, that intertwines a fictional memoir by brigham youngs nineteenth wife and a contemporary murder. David ebershoff s timely new novel, the 19th wife, mixes fictionalized excerpts from youngs memoir with a contemporary murder mystery that takes place in a mormon sect very similar to the yearning for zion ranch that was in the news so much this spring. His fiction has won a number of awards, including the rosenthal foundation award from the american academy of arts and letters, the ferrogrumley award, and the lambda literary award. The first, set in 1875, concerns a young woman who. Aug 31, 2008 one of these women officially his 19th wife though the number was probably much higher rebelled. The 19th wife the 19th wife, by david ebershoff, is a novel that alternates between the narrative of ann eliza young, the 19th wife of brigham young, and jordan scott, a lost boy that was born to a 19th wife in a modernday polygamous community. The main characters of this historical, historical story are brigham young, jordan scott. Aug 04, 2008 there are many indications that david ebershoff conducted prodigious research to write his novel about polygamy, the 19th wife.
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