Daughters of Nantucket

a novel
Julie Gerstenblatt
Book - 2023

"Set against Nantucket's Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save everything they hold dear... 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." --

Saved in:

Holdings -

Indian Trail

Barcode Status Material Type CallNumber Availability
37413320606850 Available Adult Fiction GERSTEN  Place a Hold
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerstenblatt, Julie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ontario : Mira, [2023].
Subjects:

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000007i 4500
001 897799
008 221114s2023 oncb 000 1 eng d
005 20230329170322.9
019 |a 1371927669  |a 1371927690 
020 |a 9780778334323  |q (hardcover) 
020 |a 0778334325  |q (hardcover) 
035 |a (OCoLC)1352484729  |z (OCoLC)1371927669  |z (OCoLC)1371927690 
040 |a TOH  |b eng  |e rda  |c TOH  |d TP7  |d BDX  |d UAP  |d JVK  |d VP@  |d MBT  |d OCLCF  |d SO$  |d MDB  |d UAG 
043 |a n-us-ma 
049 |a UAGA 
082 0 4 |a 813  |2 23 
092 |a GERSTEN 
100 1 |a Gerstenblatt, Julie,  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Daughters of Nantucket :  |b a novel /  |c Julie Gerstenblatt. 
264 1 |a Toronto, Ontario :  |b Mira,  |c [2023]. 
300 |a 422, 5 unnumbered pages :  |b map ;  |c 24 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Subtitle from cover. 
500 |a With Author note. 
520 |a "Set against Nantucket's Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save everything they hold dear... 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." --  |c Provided by publisher. 
650 0 |a Women  |z Massachusetts  |z Nantucket Island  |y 19th century  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Fires  |z Massachusetts  |z Nantucket Island  |y 19th century  |v Fiction. 
651 0 |a Nantucket Island (Mass.)  |y 19th century  |v Fiction. 
655 7 |a Historical fiction.  |2 lcgft 
938 |a Brodart  |b BROD  |n 132537834 
994 |a C0  |b UAG 
999 f f |s d8ef4fe2-b818-4bd3-a27f-2b14ca483518  |i f60402da-6ecd-4c6c-b56a-dba74d04a252  |t 0 
952 f f |p Standard Circulation  |a City of Spokane  |b Spokane Public Library  |c Branches  |d Indian Trail  |t 0  |e GERSTEN  |i Adult Fiction  |m 37413320606850