Ahab's Wife: Or The Star-gazer: A Novel (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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A magnificent vast and enthralling saga Sena Jeter Naslunds Ahabs Wife is a remarkable epic spanning a rich eventful and dramatic life. Inspired by a brief passage in Moby Dick it is the story of Una exiled as a child to live in a lighthouse removed from the physical and emotional abuse of a religion-mad father. It is the romantic adventure of a young woman setting sail in a cabin boys disguise to encounter darkness wonder and catastrophe; the story of a devoted wife who witnesses her husbands destruction by obsession and madness. Ultimately it is the powerful and moving story of a womans triumph over tragedy and loss through her courage creativity and intelligence.