Phoebe's light / Suzanne Woods Fisher.

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Phoebe's light

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Phoebe Starbuck has always adjusted her sails and rudder to the whims of her father. Now, for the first time, she's doing what she wants to do: marrying Captain Phineas Foulger and sailing far away from Nantucket. As she leaves on her grand adventure, her father gives her two gifts, both of which Phoebe sees little need for. The first is an old sheepskin journal from Great Mary, her highly revered great-grandmother. The other is a "minder" on the whaling ship in the form of cooper Matthew Mitchell, a man whom she loathes. Soon Phoebe discovers that life at sea is no easier than life on land. Lonely, seasick, and disillusioned, she turns the pages of Great Mary's journal and finds herself drawn into the life of this noble woman. To Phoebe's shock, her great-grandmother has left a secret behind that carries repercussions for everyone aboard the ship, especially her husband the captain and her shadow the cooper. This story within a story catapults Phoebe into seeing her life in an entirely new way--just in time.--Amazon.com

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9780800721626

0800721624

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344 pages ; 22 cm.

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Young women -- Fiction.

Quakers -- Fiction.

Ocean travel -- Fiction.

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Phoebe Starbuck has always adjusted her sails and rudder to the whims of her father. Now, for the first time, she's doing what she wants to do: marrying Captain Phineas Foulger and sailing far away from Nantucket. As she leaves on her grand adventure, her father gives her two gifts, both of which Phoebe sees little need for. The first is an old sheepskin journal from Great Mary, her highly revered great-grandmother. The other is a "minder" on the whaling ship in the form of cooper Matthew Macy, a man whom she loathes.

Soon Phoebe discovers that life at sea is no easier than life on land. Lonely, seasick, and disillusioned, she turns the pages of Great Mary's journal and finds herself drawn into the life of this noble woman. To Phoebe's shock, her great-grandmother has left a secret behind that carries repercussions for everyone aboard the ship, especially her husband the captain and her shadow the cooper. This story within a story catapults Phoebe into seeing her life in an entirely new way--just in time.

In this brand-new series, bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher brings her signature twists and turns to bear on a fascinating new faith community: the Quakers of colonial-era Nantucket Island.

Author Notes

Suzanne Woods Fisher is an award-winning, bestselling author of more than two dozen novels, including Anna's Crossing , The Newcomer , and The Return in the Amish Beginnings series, The Bishop's Family series, and The Inn at Eagle Hill series, as well as nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace and The Heart of the Amish . She lives in California. Learn more at www.suzannewoodsfisher.com and follow Suzanne on Twitter @suzannewfisher.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Fisher (The Return) opens the Nantucket Legacy series with this charming tale of a sea-loving Quaker woman in 1767 Massachusetts. Phoebe Starbuck comes from a proud family of whalers-that is, except for her debt-ridden, hapless father, who tends sheep on Nantucket. Anxious to experience the sea for herself, adventurous Phoebe has her heart set on marrying Phineas Foulger, the handsome captain of the Fortuna. Leaving behind her aging father as he tries his hand at yet another risky business venture, Phoebe marries Phineas and sets sail on his whaling ship. When seasickness and loneliness make the journey more difficult than she expected, Phoebe turns to her great-grandmother's journal for inspiration and discovers a secret that forces her question her safety on the Fortuna. After Phoebe mysteriously becomes ill, comfort comes unexpectedly from crew member Matthew Macy-a friend from her youth whom she rejected for his lack of Christian faith. Matthew cares for Phoebe as she regains her strength, causing her to wonder whether he is a changed man. The story is filled with twists grounded in generations of family history. Fisher weaves together a pleasing romance that sets a high standard for future series installments. Agent: Joyce Hart, Hartline Literary. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

Phoebe Starbuck is doing everything she can think of to draw the romantic attention of Captain Phineas Foulger, but so far, the only man in Phoebe's life is cooper Matthew Macy, whose unique sense of humor has gotten him kicked out of Nantucket's Friends group. However, soon after Phoebe receives her great-grandmother Mary Coffin Starbuck's journal as a birthday gift, she finds herself marrying Captain Foulger and setting sail with him on his ship, Fortuna. This would be the perfect start to a new life if only Matthew hadn't decided to join the ship's crew. Fisher deftly compares and contrasts Phoebe's adventures in the late 1760s with those of her great-grandmother more than 100 years earlier by skillfully interspersing excerpts of Mary's journal in between chapters devoted to Phoebe's attempts to adapt to life aboard ship. Fisher's (The Newcomer, 2017) superb command of her historical setting is particularly commendable as she launches her Nantucket Legacy series, and many readers will find themselves fascinated by how the Quakers were treated when they first arrived in the New World.--Charles, John Copyright 2018 Booklist

Library Journal Review

Phoebe Starbuck is a young Quaker woman living on the island of Nantucket, MA, in the 18th century. Her marriage to Capt. Phineas Foulger is a dream come true until a secret in her great-grandmother's diary, given to her by her father as a wedding present, threatens to ruin that happiness. Fisher's (An Amish Country Christmas) close attention to the women whose husbands would go to sea for two years or more offers an intimate look at an isolated community, in which life was difficult and lonely. Striving for authenticity and historical accuracy, Fisher unfortunately peppers her dialog with a plethora of thees and thous that may be difficult for some readers. VERDICT Fisher's focus on a new faith group, the Quakers of colonial-era Nantucket Island, offers a fresh take on early America that history buffs will relish. © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.