The Widow's War, (Paperback)

from julie10reads

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 ...

from hobbitprincess

If you enjoy American historical fiction, you will enjoy this book. Lyddie's husband is a whaler in New England in the 1700s and dies at sea. Lyddie is not content with the way she is treated as a widow when it comes to her possessions, her home, her daughter, and her friendships. She fights for ...

from Princetonbookreview

This is well-researched and informative historical fiction. It takes place in Cape Cod in the year 1761 and follows the travails of Lyddie Berry, who is recently widowed. As is typical in this time period, when her husband drowns in a boating accident, Lyddie is entitled to use of one third of he...

from suztales

I loved this book. From the beginning I could feel what it was like for a new widow to wander down that street, alone and lonely. In defiance of all that was acceptable by her peers, she was determined to hold on to what she and her husband had held dear, what he had taught her to believe in. Go,...

from BBleil

As Sally Gunning draws the reader into her story, she is showing us how people lived in small coastal whaling villages in the late 1700s. Would I ever pick up a book about small whaling villages? Heck no. But will I read a story about a woman fighting against village customs and law as she finds ...