Book Review

Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer: A Novel 

Date 10/07

Written by:: Sena Jeter Naslund

 

This is the story is of inspired people who are fulfilling their potential despite harsh circumstances and societal pressures. A story of a survivors. The ability of a women's inner hope to seek out connecting with the spirit of another when hurt and shattered dreams are apart of her legacy. The illustration of the always questioning mind of the inellectual, and  the beautifully described visions of a dreamer. The ability of the author to see so accurately into the yearning heart  that  you feel like she has taken your soul and transported it into Una, her time and setting. I have never  felt so attached to a character. I felt my modern story and my relationship with others and the world was being told in a historical dialect. An absolutely beautifully written book.

 


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