Loosely inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you love wants to change?

It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. Her portrait model has canceled, and would he mind slipping into a pair of women’s shoes and stockings for a few moments so she can finish the painting on time. “Of course,” he answers. “Anything at all.” With that, one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins.

Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow are slated to star in the film adaptation of this masterful novel that The Boston Globe calls “heartbreaking and unforgettable.”

About David

David Ebershoff is the author of four books of fiction, including The Danish Girl, The Rose City,and Pasadena. His most recent novel is the international bestseller, The 19th Wife. He has won a number of awards, including the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Lambda Literary Award, the Ferro-Grumley Award for excellence in gay and lesbian literature. His books have been translated into eighteen languages to critical acclaim. Two of his novels are being adapted for film and television. Ebershoff has taught creative writing at New York University and Princeton and currently teaches in the graduate writing program at Columbia University. He is an editor-at-large at Random House and lives in New York City.

David Ebershoff’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, May 3rd: Peekin’ Between the Pages

Tuesday, May 4th: Bermuda Onion

Wednesday, May 5th: Lit and Life

Thursday, May 6th: Rundpinne

Friday, May 7th: Redlady’s Reading Room

Monday, May 10th: Wordsmithonia

Tuesday, May 11th: Book Addiction

Wednesday, May 12th: Shooting Stars Mag

Thursday, May 13th: The 3R’s Blog

Monday, May 17th: The Zen Leaf

Monday, May 17th:  GLBT Reading - author interview

Tuesday, May 18th: Eclectic Eccentric

Wednesday, May 19th: Luxury Reading

Thursday, May 20th: Worducopia

Monday, May 24th: She is Too Fond of Books

Tuesday, May 25th: The Feminist Review

Thursday, May 27th: Book Club Classics

Tuesday, June 1: Regular Rumination

The Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein

Tuesday, June 2nd:  The Literate Housewife Review

Wednesday, June 3rd:  Book-a-Rama

Thursday, June 4th:  Book Nut

A World I Never Made by James Lepore

Monday, June 1st:  Thoughts of Joy

Thursday, June 4th:  Raging Bibliomania

Beach Trip by Cathy Holton

Tuesday, June 2nd:  S. Krishna’s Books

Thursday, June 4th:  Books & Cooks – Lisa

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

Tuesday, June 2nd:  Biblioaddict

Thursday, June 4th:  A Life in Books

Friday, June 5th:  Bookgirl’s Nightstand

Starfinder by John Marco

Monday, June 1st: Stuff as Dreams are Made On

Wednesday, June 3rd: Juiciliciousss Reviews

Friday, June 5th: Beth Fish Reads

The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris

Monday, June 1st: The Sleepy Reader

Tuesday, June 2nd: A Lifetime of Books

Wednesday, June 3rd:  Bookworm with a View

Thursday, June 4th:  It’s All About Books

About David

David Ebershoff is the author of three novels, The 19th Wife, Pasadena, and The Danish Girl, and a short story collection, The Rose City. His fiction has won a number of awards, including the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Lambda Literary Award, and has been translated into ten languages to critical acclaim. Random House published his third novel, The 19th Wife, on August 5, 2008, to much acclaim. It immediately hit a number of bestseller lists including that of The New York Times. The novel is about one of Brigham Young’s plural wives, Ann Eliza young, as well as polygamy in the United States today. Publisher’s Weekly called it “an exquisite tour-de-force” and Kirkus Reviews said it was “reminiscent of Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose in scope and ambition”, while the Los Angeles Times praised it by saying “it does that thing all good novels do: it entertains us.” Ebershoff has taught creative writing at New York University and Princeton and currently teaches in the graduate writing program at Columbia University. For many years he was the publishing director of the Modern Library and now is an editor-at-large at Random House. He lives in New York City. For more information, visit David’s website.

About The 19th Wife

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. Read an excerpt HERE.

David Ebershoff’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, May 18:   Hey, Lady!  Whatcha Readin’?

Wednesday, May 20th:  A Guy’s Moleskin Notebook

Tuesday, May 21st:  Becky’s Book Reviews

Tuesday, May 26th:  Book Nut

Tuesday, June 2nd:  Biblioaddict

Thursday, June 4th:  A Life in Books

Friday, June 5th:  Bookgirl’s Nightstand

Monday, June 8th:  Live and Let Di

Tuesday, June 9th:  Ramya’s Bookshelf

Wednesday, June 10th:  As Usual, I Need More Bookshelves

Thursday, June 11th:  A Novel Menagerie

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

Tuesday, June 16th:  The Book Faery Reviews

Wednesday, June 17th:  Shelf Life

Friday, June 19th:  In the Shadow of Mt. TBR

About David

David Ebershoff is the author of three novels, the 19th Wife, Pasadena, and The Danish Girl, and a short story collection, The Rose City.  His fiction has won a number of awards, including the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Lambda Literary Award, and has been translated into ten languages to critical acclaim. Random House published his third novel, The 19th Wife, on August 5, 2008, to much acclaim.  It immediately hit a number of bestseller lists including that of The New York Times.  The novel is about one of Brigham Young’s plural wives, Ann Eliza young, as well as polygamy in the United States today.  Publisher’s Weekly called it “an exquisite tour-de-force” and Kirkus Reviews said it was “reminiscent of Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose in scope and ambition”, while the Los Angeles Times praised it by saying “it does that thing all good novels do: it entertains us.” Ebershoff has taught creative writing at New York University and Princeton and currently teaches in the graduate writing program at Columbia University.  For many years he was the publishing director of the Modern Library and now is an editor-at-large at Random House.  He lives in New York City. For more information, visit David’s website.  

About The 19th Wife 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. Read an excerpt HERE

David Ebershoff’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Wednesday, Oct. 15th:  Maw Books (Natasha got to meet David at a book signing!)

Thursday, Oct. 16th:  Maw Books (review)

Friday, Oct. 17th: Reading, ‘Riting, and Retirement (guest post and review)

Monday, Oct. 20th:  She Is Too Fond Of Books (author interview – David answering questions from readers)

Tuesday, Oct. 21st:  Age 30 – A Year in Books

Thursday, Oct. 23rd:  A High and Hidden Place

Monday, Oct. 27th:  It’s All About Books (guest post) and review

Tuesday, Oct. 28th:  Musings of a Bookish Kitty (review and author interview)

Thursday, Oct. 30th:  Books on the Brain (giveaway)

Monday, Nov. 3rd:  The Cottage Nest

Tuesday, Nov. 4th:  B&B ex libris

Wednesday, Nov. 5th:  Anniegirl1138

Thursday, Nov. 6th:  The Tome Traveller

Monday, Nov. 10th:  The Literate Housewife

Tuesday, Nov. 11th:  Educating Petunia

Wednesday,  Nov. 12th:  Diary of an Eccentric

Friday, Nov. 14th:  Book Chase