![]() ![]() The Mormon Church, of course, abandoned plural marriage long ago, but his parents were members of a polygamous cult claiming to uphold true Mormonism. Her saga alternates with a contemporary murder mystery in which a young man tries to clear his mother, who is accused of murdering his father. Ann Eliza eventually rebels against “celestial marriage” and becomes a public figure who crusades against polygamy. ![]() It begins before she is born, with her mother’s youthful conversion to Mormonism, and recounts decades of Mormon history through first-person accounts by Ann Eliza and other characters. One, set in the 1800s, is a fictionalization of the true story of Ann Eliza Young, nineteenth wife of Brigham Young. The 19th Wife has two plotlines, unrelated except that the Mormon faith and polygamy figure in both. There is never enough money or love to go around. The author wants us to know that plural marriage creates heartbreak for women and coarsens the character of men. If you are contemplating a polygamous lifestyle, this novel will talk you out of it. ![]()
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