The 19th Wife.(Brief article)(Book review)

This ambitious third novel tells two parallel stories of polygamy. The first recounts Brigham Young's expulsion of one of his wives, Ann Eliza, from the Mormon Church; the second is a modern-day murder mystery set in a polygamous compound in Utah. Unfolding through an impressive variety of narrative forms--Wikipedia entries, academic research papers, newspaper opinion pieces--the stories include fascinating historical details. We are told, for instance, of Brigham ...