Comments on: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

By: booklogged

booklogged — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:41:56 +0000

Natasha, I thought you provided a unbiased look at this book. Your review was thoughtful and sensitive. Cool to find our that you are LDS, too.

By: Betty and Boo's Mommy

Betty and Boo's Mommy — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:15:31 +0000

Natasha, thanks so much for this review and for giving us your unique perspective on The 19th Wife. I loved this book and your thoughts have given me even more to think about. Would it be OK with you if I linked to your review on mine?

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Review and Giveaway: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff « Books on the Brain — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:22:20 +0000

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By: Kim L

Kim L — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:24:32 +0000

Very interesting book, and you wrote a very thoughtful analysis.

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:31:39 +0000

I’m looking forward to reading this book. It’s next in my pile. I thought your review was interesting and raises some important points. I’m not LDS and I don’t know much about LDS, but I’m able to understand that the book is fiction. I’m Catholic, so when you made that point about The DaVinci Code, I completely understood what you meant! When I read books like these, it makes me want to do some research to hear the other side of the story.

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Review: The 19th Wife « Bermudaonion’s Weblog — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:13:32 +0000

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By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:51:56 +0000

I’d just like to add that not everyone practiced polygamy. It was not a requirement of everyone in Mormon society.

But, yes, it may have been a faith-challenge had my family been one that was asked to participate.

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:30:55 +0000

Very interesting sounding book, although I probably won’t read it any time soon.

I’m also LDS and I’m reading a biography of Joseph Smith, written by a Mormon, and it’s fascinating to see that, yes these prophets we have concepts of were truly humans that made lots of mistakes. Sometimes they weren’t very likeable.

That said, apparently lots of the “facts” of Ann Eliza Young’s memoirs can’t be held as very accurate, but that’s only what I’m learning according to this Joseph Smith biography. I’d never heard of her before.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:36:08 +0000

Natasha – this is a wonderful essay sharing how reading *The 19th Wife* impacted you as a member of the LDS Church. You draw a great parallel between *The 19th Wife*/LDS and *DaVinci Code*/Catholicism; a word of caution to us all.

I attended a reading David did here in the Boston area, and I was impressed with the research he did, and the questions he was able to answer. He was also honest to say “I don’t know” to a question that surpassed his knowledge.

The practice of plural marriage as required by faith is an interesting one. It certainly helped me to understand WHY someone would submit to the practice (back when it was accepted doctrine), even though we find it distasteful today.

I posted a review of *The 19th Wife* today. David has agreed to an “online interview” of questions posted there, if your readers have anything they’d like to ask him.