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Book Review of The 19th Wife

The 19th Wife
The 19th Wife
Author: David Ebershoff
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 2


I really enjoyed this book. It combines a murder mystery with a historical look at plural marriage as practiced by the early Mormom settlers. It sounds like an incongruous pairing but it works. I was drawn in from the first page and barely put it down until I finished.