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Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer

Sena Jeter Naslund

Paperback | Pages: 704 pages

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Title	:	Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
Author	:	Sena Jeter Naslund
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 704 pages
Published	:	August 2nd 2005 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published September 22nd 1999)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature. Adult Fiction. Novels. Literary Fiction

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A magnificent, vast, and enthralling saga, Sena Jeter Naslund's Ahab's 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 boy's disguise to encounter darkness, wonder, and catastrophe; the story of a devoted wife who witnesses her husband's destruction by obsession and madness. Ultimately it is the powerful and moving story of a woman's triumph over tragedy and loss through her courage, creativity, and intelligence.

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ISBN:	0060838744 (ISBN13: 9780060838744)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Captain Ahab, Frederick Douglass, Una Spenser, Kit Sparrow, Giles Bonebright
Setting:	United States of America
Literary Awards:	Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2001), Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee for Adult (2000), Alabama Author Award for Fiction (2001)

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A very complex read. I learned that sailor's historically wore golden earrings because wherever they died the earring would pay for their burial.I learned about survival of one sort or another: sustenance living on a remote farm in Kentucky; sustenance living at the site of a lighthouse; sustenance living on a whaler and sustenance living while stranded on a raft with two men you love and others. Ah me.There was, of course, my fascination with the houses that Ahab's wife lived within. The cabin,

I must thank Louis Bayard for mentioning this book in an interview. I might not yet have read it if it weren't for him - and I am most appreciative. What an amazing book! I do feel inclined to return to Moby Dick once more, and this time to read it through. This book is complete even if Melville's novel never existed. But how cleverly Naslund makes connections to Melville's story, without repeating in any way what Melville told.Una is an outstanding character. I savored this book because of her.

I just moved to an ocean-side city in Eastern Massachusetts, so this book was a fun companion to this time of settling in near the sea.I have to agree with the reviewers who faulted this book for following the "strong, beautiful woman that all the men fall in love with" trope and for its "Forest Gumpian" qualities. The novel definitely suffers from ridiculous levels of coincidence where the heroine's life touches that of far too many famous 19th century figures ("Oh, I was walking in the woods

This was not my first read from Naslund, nor will it be my last. I loved this book! I'll address some of the other readers complaints to start. The style of prose is, in my opinion, in keeping with the time period represented. There is significant, expressive detail, tons of imagery, so if you find that annoying, this book is not for you. You probably will also not like Steinbeck, Dickens, Wharton, Bronte....As far as too much "stuff" included in the storyline, I would remind those folks that

The author takes a minor character out of the classic Moby Dick and writes a complete story about her. Una's 2nd husband in the early 19th century is Captain Ahab. This is an historically accurate, if farfetched, story of a free thinking young woman. Learn about the era, the difficulties, the religions adn superstitions, the sea and its impact on the New Englanders' lives, etc. A good read.

First of all, I love a book with a great opening line: Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last. Second of all, I love books where the author takes some little known character in literature or history, and with the framework of what IS known, writes a whole story about that person. Philippa Gregory has done it with great success with her books about wives, daughters, mistresses, and sisters of kings. Orson Scott Card did it with Women In Genesis series (women in the bible whose

When I started reading this book, I was thinking, "How could anyone give this any fewer than 4 to 5 stars?!?!" The writing was so beautiful and the world through the main character's eyes, although difficult, was beautiful and new and she was chameleon-esque changing and adapting to every day that she faced.I was fascinated through most of it, wondering at how a person (even a fictional one) could continue to live life so far removed from her 'self'; her ego. She truly discovered the land, the