by David Ebershoff · Black Swan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552774987
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«The 19th Wife» is the historical mystery novel by David Ebershoff, published by Black Swan in paperback (608 pages, in English).
In 1875, Ann Eliza Young, nineteenth wife of Brigham Young, leaves the Mormon leader and fights against polygamy. In present-day Utah, Jordan Scott, expelled from a fundamentalist sect, investigates his father's death; his mother is the accused. Two plots separated by a century intertwine in a story of faith, family and secrets.
The novel received the Publishing Triangle Award in 2009 and was selected for the Richard and Judy book club.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction, with an interest in the history of Mormonism and polygamy in the United States.
David Ebershoff is an American writer, editor, and teacher. His debut novel, The Danish Girl, was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film of the same name in 2015, while his third novel, The 19th Wife, was adapted into a television movie of the same name in 2010.
