We enjoyed a lovely garden party courtesy of Shinners on Saturday - it certainly was the weekend for it with blissful sunshine. Shinners put on a lovely spread fresh from the Farmer's Market which we throughly enjoyed. It was a lovely afternoon sitting out enjoying our Irish summer. Baby bookclubber Sean made an appearance and treated us to a strawberry mashing contest!
So it was decided that our next bookclub read is The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff.
Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain.
Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff’s The 19th Wife combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a brilliant novel of literary suspense. 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.
For more information visit the following site:
http://www.19thwife.com/index.html
http://www.19thwife.com/index.html
K has graciously agreed to host the next bookclub due to take place hopefully in August. Looking forward to the road trip to the country and also hot discussions about polygamy and the Mormon community - will be interesting to see if anyone wants to switch religions!
Happy Reading.
