02604cam a2200373 i 4500 890765006 TxAuBib 20230713120000.0 230523s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023934138 9781638087939 hardback : alk. paper 1638087938 hardback : alk. paper (OCoLC)1382249346 TxAuBib rda Gerstenblatt, Julie,. Daughters of Nantucket : a novel / Julie Gerstenblatt. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023. ©2023. 568 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Regular print version previously published by Harlequin Enterprises ULC. "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."-- Provided by publisher. 20230713. Women Massachusetts Nantucket Island Social conditions Fiction. Fires Massachusetts Nantucket Island History 19th century Fiction. Life change events Fiction. Large type books. Nantucket Island (Mass) History 19th century Fiction. Historical fiction. Large print books.