The 19th Wife
David Ebershoff
Ebershoff challenges readers by expertly weaving together the stories of two plural wives. When Jordan Scott learns that his mother--wife no. 19 of 23--has murdered his father, the “lost boy” returns to his hometown in southern Utah to clear his mother’s name. At the same time the story of Brigham Young’s infamous 19th wife Ann Eliza unfolds, revealing a personal look into the world of polygamy and the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-day Saints.
