The 19th Wife：A Novel

Itis1875,andAnnElizaYounghasrecentlyseparatedfromherpowerfulhusband,BrighamYoung,prophetandleaderoftheMormonChurch.Expelledandanoutcast,AnnElizaembarksonacrusadetoendpolygamyintheUnitedStates.Arichaccountofherfamily’spolygamoushistoryisrevealed,includinghowbothsheandhermotherbecamepluralwives.YetsoonafterAnnEliza’sstorybegins,asecondexquisitenarrativeunfolds–ataleofmurderinvolvingapolygamistfamilyinpresent-dayUtah.JordanScott,ayoungmanwhowasthrownoutofhisfundamentalistsectyearsearlier,mustreentertheworldthatcasthimasideinordertodiscoverthetruthbehindhisfather’sdeath.AndasAnnEliza’snarrativeintertwineswiththatofJordan’ssearch,readersarepulleddeeperintothemysteriesoflove,family,andfaith.