![]() ![]() Fascinating in its documentary detail, reads like a memoir and ultimately serves to enlighten more than it condemns. ![]() And this gives his novel a rare sense of moral urgency.” - The New York Times Book Review The multiplicity of perspectives serves to broaden Ebershoff ’s depiction not only of polygamy, but also of the people whose lives it informs. ![]() “ evinces a respect for the difficult mysteries of faith as well as the importance of the family, however that might be defined. Ebershoff demonstrates abundant virtuosity, as he convincingly inhabits the voices of both a nineteenth-century Mormon wife and a contemporary gay youth excommunicated from the church, while also managing to say something about the mysterious power of faith.” - The New Yorker Ebershoff ’s exhaustive research and deft prose combine to make a literary tour de force.” - People (four stars) “This lyrical yet fact-packed epic is both timely and transporting. ![]()
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