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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aGerstenblatt, Julie,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDaughters of Nantucket /
_cJulie Gerstenblatt.
264 1 _aToronto, Ontario, Canada :
_bMira,
_c[2023]
300 _a436 pages :
_bmap ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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520 _a"Nantucket in 1846 is an island set apart not just by its geography but by its unique circumstances. With their menfolk away at sea, often for years at a time, women here know a rare independence--and the challenges that go with it. Eliza Macy is struggling to conceal her financial trouble as she waits for her whaling captain husband to return from a voyage. In desperation, she turns against her progressive ideals and targets Meg Wright, a pregnant free Black woman trying to relocate her store to Main Street. Meanwhile, astronomer Maria Mitchell loves running Nantucket's Atheneum and spending her nights observing the stars, yet she fears revealing the secret wishes of her heart. On a sweltering July night, a massive fire breaks out in town, quickly kindled by the densely packed wooden buildings. With everything they possess now threatened, these three very different women are forced to reevaluate their priorities and decide what to save, what to let go and what kind of life to rebuild from the ashes of the past"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aWomen
_zMassachusetts
_zNantucket Island
_vFiction.
_9186925
650 0 _aFires
_zMassachusetts
_zNantucket Island
_xHistory
_vFiction.
651 0 _aNantucket Island (Mass.)
_xHistory
_y19th century
_vFiction.
650 0 _aSex role
_vFiction.
_956390
650 0 _aLife change events
_vFiction.
_92853
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
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655 7 _aNovels.
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