The 19th Wife
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| Author | David Ebershoff |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Random House |
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2009 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 525 |
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| Preceded by | Pasadena |
The 19th Wife is a novel by David Ebershoff. Inspired by the life of Ann Eliza Young, the novel intertwines a historical narrative with a modern-day murder mystery. A television movie adaptation aired on Lifetime on September 13, 2010, starring Matt Czuchry, Patricia Wettig, and Chyler Leigh.
Jordan Scott has been expelled from his fundamentalist sect in modern-day southern Utah, but returns to discover if his mother killed his father. His mother is the 19th wife of his father. Interspersed with this murder mystery is a historical narrative about Ann Eliza Young, the 19th wife of Brigham Young, which takes place in the late 1800s.
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