A decision that will change her life forever. With her husband’s absence felt stronger by the minute, Deborah must make a decision. Lawmen who wouldn’t think twice about burning Deborah’s home to the ground if they thought she’d helped their fugitive. And where he goes, lawmen are sure to follow. And with him, trouble.įor although the man claims to just need a place to rest for the night, he wouldn’t be here in the bitter month of January if he wasn’t on the run. Facing a future alone, matters are only compounded when a desperate stranger arrives on her doorstep. But as his due date comes and goes without a word, Deborah starts to fear the worst.

In the inhospitable lands of Utah Territory, glovemaker Deborah Tyler awaits her husband’s return home after months working across the state. But all is not what it seems, and Deborah and her husband's step-brother, Nels Anderson, are faced with life-and-death decisions that question their faith, humanity, and both of their futures.Winter, 1888. Although Deborah is not devout and doesn't subscribe to polygamy, she is distrustful of non-Mormons with their long tradition of persecuting believers of her wider faith. The man, a devout Mormon, is on the run from the US government, which has ruled the practice of polygamy to be a felony. When a desperate stranger who is pursued by a federal marshal shows up on her doorstep seeking refuge, it sets in motion a chain of events that will turn her life upside down.

Isolated by the red-rock cliffs that surround the town, she and her neighbors live apart from the outside world, even regarded with suspicion by the Mormon faithful who question the depth of their belief. Deborah lives in Junction, a small town of seven Mormon families scattered along the floor of a canyon, and she earns her living by tending orchards and making work gloves. It is now the depths of winter, Samuel is weeks overdue, and Deborah is worried. In the inhospitable lands of the Utah Territory, during the winter of 1888, thirty-seven-year-old Deborah Tyler waits for her husband, Samuel, to return home from his travels as a wheelwright. Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction, and the 2019 Association for Mormon Letters Award for Novel. A journey you won't forget.'- Houston Chronicle The Glovemaker won the 2020 WILLA Literary Award in Historical Fiction and was a finalist for the Western Writers of America's 2020 Spur Award for Best Western Historical Fiction, the 2019 David J.

Now in paperback, compelling historical fiction by the author of The Promise : 'Part love story, part religious explication, part mystery.

The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber