Thursday, Jun 11, 2009

Book Review & Giveaway: The 19th Wife

 

 19th-wife-postAuthor:       David Ebershoff

Publisher:    Random House

ISBN:          978-1-4000-6397-0

Website:      www.the19thwife.com

Type:         Fiction:Historical

Pages:        514 Hardback 

Purchase:    $17.16 @ Amazon.com (HERE)

The Story

“It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of a family’s polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife.“

Soon after Ann Eliza’s story begins, a second exquisite narrative unfolds–a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah. Jordan Scott, a young man who was thrown out of his fundamentalist sect years earlier, must reenter the world that cast him aside in order to discover the truth behind his father’s death.

And as Ann Eliza’s narrative intertwines with that of Jordan’s search, readers are pulled deeper into the mysteries of love and faith.”

(Above excerpt is from www.the19thwife.com)

The Review

auhtor_pic_ebershoff1I am a really big fan of the show “Big Love” on HBO.  In case you’re not familiar… it’s a drama about modern-day polygamists.  I am totally addicted!  When I heard about The 19th Wife, I was intrigued and I looked forward to cracking open its pages.

David Ebershoff is a talented writer and the writing of this book reflects how much time and effort he put into it.  He has taught creative writing classes at New York University and Princeton and is currently an adjunct assistant professor in the graduate writing program at Columbia University.  In addition to his teaching experience, he is an editor-at-large for Random House.  All of this experience is demonstrated in the clean, precise writing of this book.  Ebershoff writes from the viewpoints of several different characters, both male and female. 

There are two main story-lines of this book as described above: Anna Eliza’s historical story of her exodus from her polygamist marriage to Brigham Young and modern-day Jordan Scott’s tale of a “lost boy” from the church attempting to save his mother from false charges in prison.  In addition to these two main characters, there are inserted chapters in the book from the viewpoints of reporters, students, family members and Brigham Young himself.  Truthfully, with so much going on, the beginning of the book took me a while to absorb (i.e. the characters, the history, etc.)  But, once I got moving along, it was easy to keep track of the different players of the stories. 

Ann Eliza

Ann Eliza

What most rings true for me about reading this book is that, although it is a historical FICTION book, there is so much research behind it that I am confident that I’ve really learned a considerable amount of this part of our nation’s history.  So many questions were raised for me in reading this book… let me share a couple: 

1.  If the “Firsts” (first of the Latter Day Saints) believed that plural marriage was a component of their religious freedom covered under their constitutional rights, then where would be today if other groups chose practices that were unethical/immoral and hung them under the “it’s our religion” hat?  We talk about the separation of church and state, however at some point there has to be involvement between the two despite what our founding fathers had hoped for.  Religious groups just can’t mistreat or injure other people, animals, or the land and claim it to be a component of their belief system. 

2.  I wonder about modern-day polygamists.  With or without the government’s involvement, do these women really NOT know that what they are entering into is wrong?  Sure, there are instances within The Bible that describe plural marriage, but it certainly doesn’t condone it nor encourage it.  The Bible describes marriage between one man and one woman.  Are these women really that naive and sheltered from modern-times that they don’t know any better?  It strikes me as strange.  How could you not know?

brighamyoungDavid Ebershoff has an absolutely amazing website with more resources than I have time to investigate to read further on the topic.  Specifically, he has the link to the PDF version of the original “19th Wife” written by Ann Eliza herself.  I did glance over a good part of this book and am considering downloading it on my hard drive to read in the near future.  In addition, there are copies of the New York Times articles pertaining to the divorce between Brigham and Ann Eliza.

If you’ve read this book or are interested in reading it, David Ebershoff is currently in the midst of a book tour and has scheduled events in which you can meet him and pick yourself up a copy.  HERE is the link to his events schedule.   Also, as this review is a part of a TLC Book Tours “tour,” you can catch more interesting reviews of this book at:

 Hey Lady! Whatcha Reading? - May 18th

A Guys Moleskin Notebook - May 20th

BookNut - May 26th

The 3 R’s: Reading, ‘Riting, and Randomness   - June 15th

The Book Faery Reviews - June 16th

Shelf Life - June 17th

 An Interesting TidBit From Valorie

I know a highly intelligent and nice book review blogger from Utah with an interesting family and even more intriguing family legacy.  Valorie’s Blog is called Morbid Romantic and you can access it by clicking HERE (she’s also written a GREAT post expanding on her family history with photos HERE).  Valorie and I follow each other’s blogs and she made a recent comment on a contest giveaway that I was hosting.  It was during this comment that I learned that Valorie had some connections to the Mormon History so I asked her about it.  She wrote me back and shared this with me:

My family, being old and Mormon, loves to trace its genealogy.  Because of this, I not only have a very large and detailed family tree, but two whole hardbacked novels full of pictures and biographies.  According to the books that we have, some of my relatives James and Mary Johnson, were members 30 and 31 of the church.  After moving from the original settlement of Iowa, the two of them moved to Fillmore, Utah (where my grandparents still live) when called upon to do so by Brigham Young.  My mother even currently lives about four blocks away from Brigham Young’s winter home in St. George, Utah.  A funny story about James and Mary is that Brigham Young approached James about taking a second wife and James told him that he had to get permission from Mary.  When Mr. Young went to speak to her, she threw her cup of coffee in his face.  Mr. Young went back to James and said, “You have all the wives you can handle.”  One of their children was Gabriel, who is the one that my part of the family is connected to.  I guess I have a history of very high spirited women in my family.  When Gabriel tried to court another woman to take a second wife, his wife Eunice walked right in and took him out of church by his ear!  Naturally, as the stories go, he never tried that again.

Gabriel eventually built a hotel called the Huntsman hotel in Fillmore: http://www.thisistheplace.org/virtualtour/12-huntsman.html.  They reconstructed the building as part of Heritage Park in Salt Lake City, but my grandparents donated a lot of the original doors and such.  Now they serve ice cream out of the parlor and the saloon that my family had built next door.  All the males were very active in missionary work (though they didn’t go door to door with backpacks on bikes like now.  Gabriel had a many kids, but the important ones are Gabriel Riley and Alonzo.  Gabriel Riley is important to me because he is my great-great grandfather.  And Alonzo because he is the grandfather of the current govenor of Utah, John Huntsman Jr. 

I guess I have a history of very high spirited women in my family.  When Gabriel tried to court another woman to take a second wife, his wife Eunice walked right in and took him out of church by his ear!  Naturally, as the stories go, he never tried that again.

Win A Copy of The 19th Wife

You can win a copy of this book…

The Giveaway Contest shall run for one week and entries will be closed on June 19, 2009. 

For 1 Entry: leave a comment.

For 2 Entries: leave a comment and mention it on your blog/website.

For an Extra Entry: Add A Novel Menagerie as a friend on Facebook (see link in sidebar).

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For TWO EXTRA ENTRIES:  Please share in your comment what your favorite Historical Fiction book is and share with us why it’s your favorite.

GOOD LUCK!

On Sher’s “Out of Ten Scale:”

This book is excellent.  In regards to my recommendations on this book, I shall be honest in saying that if this topic is one that doesn’t interest you, I wouldn’t recommend the book… but, only because it’s a rather long read.  But, if this topic is “up your alley,” by all means this is a book well worth investing the time in!  You will learn A TON despite the fact that it’s a fictional work.  Each page of this book is really full of information and there is so much to absorb.  I’m a fast reader and this book still took me the better part of the week to complete.  But, I would definitely consider The 19th Wife  a book that I’m glad I read and I one that I would most certainly recommend.

For the genre Fiction:Historical:American, I am going to rate this book a 9 OUT OF 10. 


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  1. Pam

    June 11th, 2009 at 3:59 am

    I’ve been wanting to read this book since it was first released. My fingers are definitely crossed for this one!

  2. Pam

    June 11th, 2009 at 4:00 am

    I subscribe via google reader.

  3. Pam

    June 11th, 2009 at 4:02 am

    I added you as a friend on facebook: Pam Duncan Rivera

  4. Pam

    June 11th, 2009 at 4:05 am

    One of my favourite historical fiction books is one I just finished reading: The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. It was a fascinating read about one woman who was abducted from her village in Africa as a young girl and brought to America aboard a slave ship. She was a strong and amazing character in spite of the horrors she experienced in her life; she always remained true to herself.

    By the way – did you mean to give the 19th Wife a rating of 1 out of 10?

  5. Pam

    June 11th, 2009 at 4:06 am

    Yay – I get 2 entries for The Book of Negroes. If only I had a blog and tweeted or twittered or whatever it is called. I really, really, really hope to win this book.

  6. Kathy

    June 11th, 2009 at 5:04 am

    Don’t enter me. I enjoyed this book even though I found it to be a little bit long.
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  7. rhapsodyinbooks

    June 11th, 2009 at 5:15 am

    What a fabulous thorough review!

    And please enter me!

    nbmars AT yahoo DOT com
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  8. Jo-Jo

    June 11th, 2009 at 6:24 am

    Great review Sheri…I also am totally addicted to Big Love. I got in on it kind of late though, so I haven’t watched Season 3 yet, but I should get caught up on that shortly.

    Please enter me in your contest.
    [rq=2361,0,blog][/rq]Wondrous Words Wednesday-June 10

  9. Bridget

    June 11th, 2009 at 6:47 am

    Great review. I’m totally addicted to Big Love, too. Can’t wait for the next season! Just blogged about this on Win A Book.
    [rq=2425,0,blog][/rq]Time to Move the Party!

  10. Jo-Jo

    June 11th, 2009 at 7:24 am

    I blogged about this contest here:

    http://jo-jolovestoread.blogspot.com/2009/06/current-giveaways_11.html
    [rq=2547,0,blog][/rq]Wondrous Words Wednesday-June 10

  11. Jo-Jo

    June 11th, 2009 at 7:28 am

    I also follow you through Google Reader.
    [rq=2563,0,blog][/rq]Wondrous Words Wednesday-June 10

  12. Jake Lsewhere

    June 11th, 2009 at 7:57 am

    Looks like a good read, please enter me into this drawing.

    Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
    jake.lsewhere[at]gmail.com

  13. nfmgirl

    June 11th, 2009 at 8:07 am

    When I was about nine years old, I professed to my parents that I wanted to be Mormon (my best friend next door was Mormon). Then I learned that they couldn’t eat chocolate, and that nixed THAT idea!

    nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com
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  14. nfmgirl

    June 11th, 2009 at 8:07 am

    I blogged it:

    http://cerebralgirl.blogspot.com/2009/06/book-giveaways-in-blogworld-06-06-09.html
    [rq=2686,0,blog][/rq]Teaser Tuesday (06-09-09 edition)

  15. nfmgirl

    June 11th, 2009 at 8:08 am

    I subscribe

    nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com
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  16. nfmgirl

    June 11th, 2009 at 8:10 am

    I don’t know whether I’ve ever read historical fiction. Not like this at least, although I’ve got several that I’ve recently acquired that are now waiting on the shelf for me to read. I’ve read historical romance. And I’ve read some Laura Ingalls Wilder books. So how about “Little House on the Prairie”? Does that count?

    nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com
    [rq=2691,0,blog][/rq]Teaser Tuesday (06-09-09 edition)

  17. Darlene

    June 11th, 2009 at 8:29 am

    Ooooh, I want to enter for this one for sure! Ok, let’s see:
    -I’ll post on my sidebar if that’s ok.
    -I think I do follow you on facebook-I follow you everywhere else. lol.
    -I already stalk you(oops, follow)-lol
    -My favorite historical to date is still The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George. That was such a great book filled with historical detail and a great view towards what happened in Henry VIII’s life.
    [rq=2759,0,blog][/rq]Book Review: Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel

  18. AmandaSue

    June 11th, 2009 at 8:34 am

    This book sounds really interesting, probably because its so different then the type of life I”m use to, although I do enjoy books that are able to get me thinking and learning about other types of people or situations. Thanks for the chance.

  19. scottsgal

    June 11th, 2009 at 10:22 am

    What a great sounding book – I’d love to read this

  20. Marie

    June 11th, 2009 at 10:23 am

    This looks great, I would love to read it!

    marielay@gmail.com

  21. scottsgal

    June 11th, 2009 at 10:23 am

    already a subscriber

  22. Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading

    June 11th, 2009 at 10:55 am

    Thanks for the great giveaway! I’ve been wanting to get my hands on a copy of it.

    I also follow

    My favorite historical fiction (if it qualifies) is Outlander. Love that book!
    [rq=3210,0,blog][/rq]Booking Through Thursday…Niche

  23. Marie Burton

    June 11th, 2009 at 11:04 am

    It’s me again
    I follow here, on Facebook, and you are First on my BlogRoll
    I will go make sure I subscribe also!!

    I’ve been tantalized by this book since it first started appearing in the blogosphere.
    My fave Historical Fiction is still Sharon Kay Penman’s Henry & Eleanor trilogy (though I’ve heard she’s working on a 4th?)
    and the best one was the first one, When Christ and His Saints Slept.
    marieburton2004 at yahoo dot com
    [rq=3227,0,blog][/rq]Booking Through Thursday – My Niche

  24. Julie

    June 11th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    Great Contest! Please enter me in your contest.

    I also subscribe!

    I would have to say my favorite Historical Fiction book is The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. His writing is so beautiful and truly shows how artful storytelling can be!

    Cheers,
    julie.sherritt[at]gmail.com

  25. Lisamm

    June 11th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    Hi Sheri! Excellent review! I love how you included the bit about Valorie’s family and her personal exp. with the Mormon church.. so interesting. Thanks for all the time and energy you put into everything you do! It is very much appreciated. xxoo
    [rq=3823,0,blog][/rq]If You Feed Them, They Will Come

  26. Valorie

    June 11th, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    I would love, love, love to win! :D Though it is my family’s history, I have read no historical fiction about Mormons!

  27. Valorie

    June 11th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    Opps! I didn’t mean to press enter. I also wanted to add…

    I blogged: http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/06/11/a-little-bit-of-my-family-history/

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/morbidromantic/status/2123925387

    I subscribe via Google Reader.

    And my favorite historical fiction book is… hm… Roman Blood by Steve Saylor. It’s set in Rome during the Republic, which is my very favorite period of history. It also has Cicero! And it’s a great mystery novel

  28. Belinda M

    June 11th, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    Please include me in your giveaway

    “Canadian Contests, Freebies, Coupons, Deals, Games and Fun:
    CoolCanucks.ca”

  29. Belinda M

    June 11th, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    I subscribe

    “Canadian Contests, Freebies, Coupons, Deals, Games and Fun:
    CoolCanucks.ca”

  30. Allison

    June 11th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    Please enter me! I love historical fiction.
    allygotts567[at]hotmail[dot]com
    [rq=4318,0,blog][/rq]25 Things You Didn’t Know About Me

  31. Allison

    June 11th, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    The last historical fiction book I read was Skeletons of the Feast and I LOVED it. By Chris Bohjalin, it is set in Germany during WWII and follows a German family fleeing the country. It shows the flip side of the Holocaust, for those who were not Jewish but still suffered. Fantastically researched writing!

  32. Tiffany K.

    June 12th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    Please enter me. Thanks!

    tiffanyak1986(at)hotmail(dot)com
    .-= Tiffany K.´s last blog ..The Edge of the World – Kevin Anderson =-.

  33. Tiffany K.

    June 12th, 2009 at 3:30 am

    I’m a subscriber.

    tiffanyak1986(at)hotmail(dot)com
    .-= Tiffany K.´s last blog ..The Edge of the World – Kevin Anderson =-.

  34. Tiffany K.

    June 12th, 2009 at 3:33 am

    My favorite historical fiction work is ‘Forever Amber’ by Kathleen Winsor because it’s a brilliant and believable story set during the time of and in Restoration England. It was also the first adut historical fiction I read.

    tiffanyak1986(at)hotmail(dot)com
    .-= Tiffany K.´s last blog ..The Edge of the World – Kevin Anderson =-.

  35. Kristi

    June 12th, 2009 at 6:20 am

    Hello,

    I think this book sounds like it would be very intriguing. I do not understand how people can embrace this lifestyle and would love to read more about it!

    Please enter me in the drawing.

    kherbrand at comcast dot net
    .-= Kristi´s last blog ..ARC Arrival: Sacred Hearts =-.

  36. Kristi

    June 12th, 2009 at 6:21 am

    I sent a request to follow you on facebook.

    kherbrand at comcast dot net
    .-= Kristi´s last blog ..ARC Arrival: Sacred Hearts =-.

  37. Kristi

    June 12th, 2009 at 6:21 am

    I follow your blog.

    kherbrand at comcast dot net
    .-= Kristi´s last blog ..ARC Arrival: Sacred Hearts =-.

  38. Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)

    June 12th, 2009 at 7:48 am

    No need to enter me. I have this on the shelf, but I posted your give in my sidebar!
    .-= Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)´s last blog ..The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris =-.

  39. Carol M

    June 12th, 2009 at 8:30 am

    I would love to read this book! I know so little about the Mormans.
    mittens0831 AT aol.com

  40. Carol M

    June 12th, 2009 at 8:42 am

    Didn’t even spell Mormon right, sorry!

    I subscribe by email to your blog.

    mittens0831 AT aol.com

  41. Carol M

    June 12th, 2009 at 8:46 am

    Gone With the Wind is my favorite historical book. I learned a lot about the how life was like for the people in the South before, during and after the Civil War.

    mittens0831 AT aol.com

  42. gwendolyn b.

    June 12th, 2009 at 10:42 am

    I loved SWORD AT SUNSET by Rosemary Sutcliff not only because it was so well written but because for the first time I considered that King Arthur may well have been a real person whose story evolved into legend. I’d love to read THE 19TH WIFE. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!

    geebee.reads AT gmail DOT com
    .-= gwendolyn b.´s last blog ..Friday Fill In #128: June 12, 2009 =-.

  43. gwendolyn b.

    June 12th, 2009 at 10:52 am

    I follow you on Google Reader.

    geebee.reads AT gmail DOT com
    .-= gwendolyn b.´s last blog ..Friday Fill In #128: June 12, 2009 =-.

  44. claire

    June 12th, 2009 at 11:26 am

    Please enter me, I would really love to read this. Thanks!

    dreamsongpoem at gmail dot com
    .-= claire´s last blog ..A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare =-.

  45. claire

    June 12th, 2009 at 11:27 am

    I follow you through Google Reader. :)
    .-= claire´s last blog ..A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare =-.

  46. claire

    June 12th, 2009 at 11:30 am

    My favourite historical fiction at the moment is Gone with the Wind because although it was almost a thousand pages I never once felt that it was too long. Besides getting a Civil War education, I also got the best of literary reading: a great plot, good writing, and unforgettable characters!
    .-= claire´s last blog ..A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare =-.

  47. Calcamanin

    June 12th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    It’s been a while since this book is on my “to read” list. Please count me in for the giveaway.

  48. Beth

    June 12th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Please enter me to read this book – it looks so interesting!
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

  49. mindy

    June 12th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    sounds wonderful thanks

  50. kim

    June 12th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Sounds great!
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

  51. kim

    June 12th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    Added as a Facebook friend

  52. kim

    June 12th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    Gone With The wind is my fave historical fiction book. I still want to know if Scarelett gets her man.

  53. Amanda S.

    June 12th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    Sounds like a great book! I’d love to win it! Thanks :)

  54. Mary Ward

    June 12th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    I’ve been wanting to read this one. I’ve read a couple of books written by women who have left the polygamist life and found them fascinating. I’m also a big fan of Big Love!

    mamie316@sbcglobal.net

  55. Angela

    June 12th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    I love historical fictions so I know that I will love this one1

  56. Mary D

    June 12th, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    i’ve been eager to read this one and it’s on my ‘list’ lol, also for the historical novel – a must read is Forever Amber by Kathleen Windsor, she spent 10 years researching and writing this novel, and it if the best I have ever read!!!

  57. Christina Brunetti

    June 13th, 2009 at 4:26 am

    I would love to read this.

    Thanks

    darkfyre1(at)gmail(dot)com

  58. Belinda

    June 13th, 2009 at 4:32 am

    Sitka by Louis Lamour is one of my favorite historical novels.
    Thanks!

  59. BOOKS AND MOVIES » Bookish links for Saturday, June 13, 2009

    June 13th, 2009 at 7:57 am

    [...] ~ Sheri at A Novel Menagerie is giving away a copy of The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff. [...]

  60. Gayle J

    June 13th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    This book sounds great, would love to read it. Thanks for the chance.

  61. Sarah Z

    June 13th, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Sounds like an interesting book that could open my eyes!
    Thanks

  62. etirv

    June 13th, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    Intriguing title! Thanks!

  63. etirv

    June 13th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    I subscribe via google reader!!!!

  64. wendy wallach

    June 13th, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    sounds fascinating and you cannot beat the subject matter for interest.

    madamerkf at aol dot com

  65. Sandra K321

    June 13th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    This sounds interesting. I enjoy historical fiction and non-fiction so this would be a good fit.

  66. Sandra K321

    June 13th, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    I just subscribed via Google.

  67. Holly

    June 13th, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    This one fascinates me.
    .-= Holly´s last blog ..How Do People Find My Blog…Part 1 =-.

  68. Holly

    June 13th, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    Oh, I follow with google reader.

  69. Teddy

    June 13th, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    No need to enter me Sherri. I posted it on my Giveaways Galore.
    .-= Teddy´s last blog ..Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch, Art by Sami Suomalainen =-.

  70. MRS.MOMMYY

    June 13th, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    looks interesting, please include me

  71. Carlene

    June 14th, 2009 at 6:46 am

    Please inlcude me in your giveaway.
    Thanks
    Carlene
    iluvreading(at)verizon.net

  72. Carlene

    June 14th, 2009 at 6:47 am

    I subscribe in google reader.
    Thanks
    Carlene
    iluvreading(at)verizon.net

  73. brenda helgeson

    June 14th, 2009 at 11:56 am

    i love historical fiction count me in

  74. brenda helgeson

    June 14th, 2009 at 11:56 am

    my favorite historical fiction book is dr. Zhivago

  75. Nan

    June 14th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    I would love to win a copy of this book. It sounds like a great book!

    vtgoat [at] gmail [dot] com
    .-= Nan´s last blog ..The Hunger Games =-.

  76. Nan

    June 14th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    I also subscribe through google reader. :-)

  77. Sharon A

    June 14th, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    I would like to read this book. It is an interesting juxtaposition between 19th century and 21st century understanding.

  78. Trin

    June 14th, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    I would love to be entered Khal5671 AT mwcc DOT edu
    I follow your blog and I have you on my blog roll.
    I posted about your giveaways at Bloody Bad Book Blog, and will each week.
    .-= Trin´s last blog ..6.15, Mailbox Moday, Whatch reading? =-.

  79. Amanda

    June 15th, 2009 at 7:16 am

    This book sounds really good. I have subscribed through google reader and I am a friend on facebook. My favorite historical fiction book is probably Nefertiti by Michelle Moran because I love Egyptian history.

  80. Cindy V

    June 15th, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    My favorite historical novel is Gone With The Wind! I would love to read this book, I’ve heard so much about it. I follow your blog by RSS.
    Dutchlvr1(at)aol(dot) com

  81. Lisa

    June 16th, 2009 at 7:51 am

    i love Historical books. I would love a chance to win The 19th Wife.
    I added a link to your contest on my blog, added you to my facebook and subscribed to Google Reader.

    Lisa
    .-= Lisa´s last blog ..Another book contest =-.

  82. Anna

    June 16th, 2009 at 10:45 am

    No need to enter me, as I’ve already read this one. Just wanted to say I enjoyed reading Valorie’s family history. I thought this was a great book. Gives you a lot to ponder, that’s for sure. I enjoyed the parts about Ann Eliza more than the present-day story, though.
    .-= Anna´s last blog ..BLOODY GOOD by Georgia Evans =-.

  83. Vera

    June 16th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    I’ve had this on my wish list for quite a while – please enter me!

    vvperesk@gmail.com
    .-= Vera´s last blog ..Hollywood Car Wash: Review and Giveaway =-.

  84. Alexa

    June 17th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    Enter me please!

  85. Neas Nuttiness

    June 17th, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    Please enter me – thanks.

    libneas[at]aol[dot]com
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  86. Neas Nuttiness

    June 17th, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    I blogged it here:
    http://libslibrary.blogspot.com/2009/06/book-giveaways.html

    Thanks

    libneas[at]aol[dot]com

  87. Hillary Fairchild

    June 17th, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    This is the one book I am really exited to read!

  88. Amy

    June 19th, 2009 at 7:33 am

    I’ve only just discovered your wonderful blog. I’m not sure if you are accepting entries today or not but since I really want to read this book I figured I would enter & hope for the best!

    My favorite historical fiction is by Michael Shaara, “The Killer Angels” about the Civil War and more specifically the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg. It’s an amazing account, the descriptions are so vivid & the breadth & depth of the characters is so great you feel like you can see and feel the battle as it occurs.

    Amy
    Aimala02@yahoo.com

  89. nomadreader

    June 19th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    1. I subscribe via RSS.

    2. My favorite historical fiction (hard to choose!) is Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier because I found the British suffrage movement so fascinating, and it’s a subject I knew so little about before the book.

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