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Title: The Widow's War is a wonderful historical novel
Review: I thought this story of a woman widowed by a fishing "accident" is a wonderful look into the life of early settlers in a village where many depended on their livelyhood from the sea and the perils therein. The book was a depiction of the legal system, religion and prejudice (in this case Native American Indians) and how those systems and laws affected women in times past, some with good intentions in mind but, because it put all the trust and power in the men folk, also allowed abuse toward women in general but especially widowed woman. When her husband dies at sea, the main character proclaims war on the conventional rules and laws of the time.This was another's book club choice which is why I enjoy the book club so much, reading wonderful books that I might never have know about or picked up myself. Read on!
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