The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

An intriguing book that tells two parallel stories. The historical fiction of Ann Eliza Young, the 19th wife of Brigham Young in 1875, and Jordan Scott, a gay man kicked out of his fundamentalist Mormon sect. The details revealed about the history of polygamy in the Mormon Church are interesting and insightful, and the modern portion of the book brings everything full circle and reads like the headlines of current events.