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The Widow's War
by Gunning, Sally
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060791578
- ISBN 13
- 9780060791575
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Synopsis
Married for twenty years to Edward Berry, Lyddie is used to the trials of being a whaler's wife in the Cape Cod village of Satucket, Massachusetts—running their house herself during her husband's long absences at sea, living with the daily uncertainty that Edward will simply not return. And when her worst fear is realized, she finds herself doubly cursed. She is overwhelmed by grief, and her property and rights are now legally in the hands of her nearest male relative: her daughter's overbearing husband, whom Lyddie cannot abide. Lyddie decides to challenge both law and custom for control of her destiny, but she soon discovers the price of her bold "war" for personal freedom to be heartbreakingly dear.Includes the fascinating "story behind the story" of The Widow's War, a map of colonial Brewster, and a driving tour of the village of Satucket.
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- 237391A
- Title
- The Widow's War
- Author
- Gunning, Sally
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060791578
- ISBN 13
- 9780060791575
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- MASSACHUSETTS_FICTION FICTION_HISTORICAL FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL WIDOWS_FICTION
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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