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She has published seven novels and two collections of short fiction. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 704 pages and is available in paperback format. Sena jeter naslund has created an entirely new universe with a transcendent heroine at its center who will be every bit as memorable as captain ahab. Ahab s wife captain ahab was neither my first husband nor my last. Sena jeter naslund takes on the biggest fish in the pond of american fiction with a brazenness and tenacity worthy of her eponymous heroine. It has been said that one can see farther only by standing on the shoulders of giants. This is an ebook not the physical book available as p. A magnificent, vast, and enthralling saga, sena jeter naslund s ahab s wife is a remarkable epic spanning a rich, eventful, and dramatic life. A winner of the harper lee award and the southeastern library association fiction award, she is the author of eight previous works of fiction, including ahab s wife, a finalist for the orange prize. Read download ahabs wife or the star gazer a novel ps pdf. She disguises herself as a boy and runs away to sea to work as a cabin boy and has many adventures.

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