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Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer

Sena Jeter Naslund

Paperback | Pages: 704 pages

Rating: 4.03 | 42204 Users | 2646 Reviews

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Title	:	Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
Author	:	Sena Jeter Naslund
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary 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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I had seen Melkis review on this book and it was so interesting, even though her rating was not that high, and so I purchased it. Melki just has a way with reviews"Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last. Yet, looking up into the clouds I conjure him there: his gray-white hair; his gathered brow; and the zaggy markThis was the beginning of the book and the words were more or less meaningless to me then but I continued; well they were just words and so I started skim-reading, came

There...I have finished it. It was like reading someone's diary. Too long, too detailed, and monotonous in tone. No suspense, unless you don't know the end of Moby Dick, no ebb or flow. It just reads, slowly and laboriously for 666 pages in first person of a woman that doesn't exist. If this were about a real person, I would consider this valid. If it were a reflection of the hardships of being a captain's wife or a seamstress in the 1800's, I would also give it merit. But instead we have an

Loved this book, which is rich in detail and spans a long period of time and several locations. It's written from the viewpoint of a girl as she grows up and her most unusual experiences, much of it having to do with the whaling industry as the book goes on, in the time of Moby Dick. Highly recommend the book. I couldn't wait to get back to it while reading it.

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

I'm an English major who never read Moby Dick, but I did recognize the iconic characters on the periphery of Una's (Ahab's wife) epic. And what a story it is! Written in the vernacular of Herman Melville and Ralph Waldo Emerson, I learned much about 19th century Nantucket, whaling, and typical hardships of that time. Historic characters believably showed up in this novel, but Una was always central. I made a friend in her.

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

Ick. I hated this book. I felt that the author was basically living out her own fantasy of being adored by these historical and fictional men. I mean, she even finds a way to work in Hawthrone and Emerson having a crush on her. It's the kind of book where the heroine stands on the deck of ships (or ports, or lighthouses) with her hair blowing in the wind a lot. All men want her. She survives great hardship with her noble spirit intact. And she has an intelligent, sensitive soul that is