The Captain's Wife - A Story of the Great Lakes

By Mary Eileen Wright

Book Overview

It was 1903. She was an 18-year-old Irish-Canadian piano prodigy. In love with music. He was a 29-year-old Great Lakes captain in love with her sister. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897169298
• ISBN13: 9780897169295
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Peanut Butter Publishing
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Lakes World

This book reminded me of my first novel which took place on the Great Lakes. Wright has taken this reader into another world which many do not know exists. "The Captain's Wife" shows those in the know and those who know nothing about the lakes. This author and I have a great deal in common. We have both lived on and around the lakes and have both come under its haunting heritage. The ships (or boats) which travel the Great Lakes are a strong story, alone, but "The Captain's Wife" brings a humanness, an identity of the sweetwater seas the reading public has missed. Write another one Wright! Continue the history!the love! Trish Schiesser author of another Great Lakes story, "Ida's Ride."

An Engaging Read

A born-and-bred New Englander now landlocked in the Midwest, my only experience with the great inland seas, the Great Lakes, has been the rare visit to the southern shore of Lake Erie. This book, "The Captain's Wife," took me fully into the world of the Lakes and the people who live, love, and work them. Ms. Wright obviously loves the land and the waters she writes about; her descriptions of scenes, settings, and weather were vivid and detailed. I became involved in the lives of Fannie Healy and her extended family, feeling her triumphs and disappointments. "The Captain's Wife" is an engaging read. I hope Ms. Wright plans to continue her stories of Fannie and Jack's family in the land of the Great Lakes.

Satisfying Read

I enjoyed The Captain's Wife and highly recommend it to other readers. Fannie, the main character, possessed a realistic combination of strengths and weaknesses. I cared about what happened to her and could hardly put the book down. The author did a good job describing the hypnotic beauty of the Great Lakes. I think it would make a great movie!

Mary Lou Creamer, reporter

Even though this is a work of fiction, Mary Eileen Wright has created an engrossing saga of life with a dramatic true-to-life feeling. Her ability to seamlessly mix historical facts and events with her fictional characters and stories makes this a gripping story about 20th century life on and round the Great Lakes region. Living in the area in which it is set, I could identify with her characters, particularly Fannie. I found myself wanting more when I was finished.