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Title: an intriguing book
Review: I enjoyed 'Ahab's wife' and read it without pause. It was interesting and stimulating, well written. The main character is a very unusual woman, so unusual in her freedom of thought and behavior and so surrounded by other unusual people to appear, by the end, slightly implausible. That and the repeating pattern of coming across characters that feel compelled to confess their secrets to her are my minor criticisms to this book. 'Ahab's wife' is also interesting as an overview of an era of change in American culture, particularly in relation to religious thoughts and human rights issues (slavery and women's rights). What I found most intriguing and interesting was, in the end, the ability to engage my mind in new, different thoughts about life in general and women's lives in particular.
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