The Celestial Wife: A Novel by Leslie Howard Paperback Book

Description: The Celestial Wife by Leslie Howard A young fundamentalist Mormon girl facing a forced marriage escapes her strict, polygamist community and comes of age in the tumultuous 1960s in this captivating novel inspired by shockingly true events.Keep sweet no matter what, for this is the way to be lifted up Keep sweet with every breath, for it is a matter of life or death 1964. Fifteen-year-old Daisy Shoemaker dreams of life beyond her small, isolated fundamentalist Mormon community of Redemption on the Canada—US border—despite Bishop Thorsens warning that the outside world is full of sin. According to the Principle, the only way to enter the celestial kingdom is through plural marriage. While the boys are taught to work in the lucrative sawmill that supports their enclave, Daisy and her best friend, Brighten, are instructed to keep sweet and wait for Placement—the day the bishop will choose a husband for them. But Daisy wants to be more than a sister-wife and a mother. So when she is placed with a man forty years her senior, she makes the daring decision to flee Redemption. Years later, Daisy has a job and a group of trustworthy friends. Emboldened by the ideas of the feminist and counterculture movements, she is freer than she has ever been…until Brighten reaches out with a cry for help and Daisys past comes hurtling back. But to save the women she left behind, Daisy must risk her newfound independence and return to Redemption, where hellfire surely awaits. For readers of Emma Clines The Girls and Ami McKays The Virgin Cure comes an arresting coming-of-age novel about a fearless young girls fight for freedom at a time of great historic change. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Leslie Howard is the instant bestselling author of The Brideship Wife. She grew up in British Columbia and developed a passion for the provinces history. She divides her time between Vancouver and Penticton, where she and her husband grow cider apples. Connect with her on Twitter @AuthorLeslieH or on her website LeslieHoward.ca. Review "Shedding light onto one of Canadas most shadowed truths, Leslie Howards insightful research takes us on a heart-wrenching and compelling journey from behind the curtain of an infamous polygamous cult into a hard-won life of unimaginable freedom for one brave woman." — GENEVIEVE GRAHAM, #1 bestselling author of Bluebird"An engaging book about a spunky young protagonist who finds herself catapulted out of the confines and conformity of a fundamentalist community into the drugs, sex, and rock and roll of the 1960s. Howard has a natural gift for time, place, and setting, and her pacing and suspense are propulsive." — ROBERTA RICH, #1 bestselling author of The Jazz Club Spy"This fascinating story of a young girls escape from her closed polygamous community cuts straight to the heart." — ELINOR FLORENCE, bestselling author of Wildwood and Birds Eye View"This 1960s set story of a fundamentalist Mormon who escapes her polygamist community when faced with the prospect of a forced marriage to a man four times her age is certain to appeal to anyone who couldnt look away from Netflix docs like Keep Sweet: Pray, and Obey." — PasteMagazine.com"Fans of historical fiction about womens rights will be enthralled to read about 15-year-old Daisy who, in 1964, escapes a forced marriage in her fictional polygamist community called Redemption, only to be called back years later to help her childhood best friend." — Zoomer Details ISBN1982182407 Author Leslie Howard Publisher Simon & Schuster Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781982182403 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-04-09 Imprint Simon & Schuster Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Audience General US Release Date 2024-04-09 Pages 368 AU Release Date 2024-04-16 Subtitle A Novel DEWEY 813.6 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159219274;

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