Hannah Rose: Book Two Of Ahab's Legacy

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Summary: Congratulations to Louise Gouge!
Review: "Hannah Rose" is an engrossing sequel to "Ahab's Bride". It is replete with the themes of bondage and escape. As she attempts to flee the infamous shadow of late husband Captain Ahab, Hannah discovers that oppression comes in many forms. In the 19th century harbour town of Boston, her eyes open to the grim realities of slavery and prostitution, making her own lot in life appear trivial. Hannah matures into a more compassionate, giving woman and reestablishes her walk with Christ by ministering to the desperate needs of others.

"Hannah Rose" is vibrant and meaty. The characters are real people with all the kindness, humility, vanity and cruelty that portray the best and worst of humanity. This was a book I did not want to put down! I anxiously await the release of "Son of Perdition".

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Summary: Sweet and Spirited
Review: A well-written novel with characters that live on after the final page, and an excellent sequel for those who've read the prior novel. For those who haven't, there is enough backstory to make it as a stand alone story.

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Summary: Hannah Rose
Review: An exciting page turner, HANNAH ROSE is a realistic story portraying the emotional struggles and issues during the pre-Civil War. Hannah Rose's faith is challenged and awakened when she sees the plight of runaway slaves. Louise Gouge brings her characters to life and maintains an exciting read. I highly recommend this book for a historical taste of the times.

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Summary: Excellent read!
Review: Hannah Rose continues the story of Ahab's Bride, as widowed Hannah must make a new life with her son after her husband's death, while concealing their relationship to him. When she moves to Boston to visit friends before leaving for a long-awaited trip to Europe, Hannah is torn between two very different men whose attentions force her against her will to confront her convictions about slavery and her relationship with God.

This subtle, delicately drawn story beckons the reader into the vivid world of mid nineteenth-century Boston at a time when the tide of opposition to slavery was swelling. In Hannah, Gouge has created a truly memorable, flesh-and-blood character, and the suspenseful romance kept me turning the pages to see which man she would choose. I couldn't help identifying with Hannah's love for her son and her desire to keep him safe, her affection and loyalty for her friends, and at the same time her deep hunger to finally set out on the adventure her heart had craved for so long.

Gouge affectingly portrays the maturing of Hannah's spiritual nature through a confrontation with profound issues that still resonate today. The ending was satisfying but at the same time left me eager to learn in what direction Gouge will take Hannah and her friends in the next book of the series. An excellent read!


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Summary: Extremely enjoyable and historical interesting
Review: I really enjoyed this novel. It has history, romance, faith, adventure, all centered around the issue of slavery. The characters are interesting and alive, and in Hannah, we find someone we can relate to. Because of past tragedies, she struggles with her faith in God and when confronted with the issue of slavery, she doesn't want to get involved. Yet, inevitably, she comes head to head with it, as two handsome men battle for her affections, one who owns slaves and the other who helps them escape. I guarantee you will enjoy every minute of this charming story!

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Summary: HANNAH ROSE
Review: If you enjoy 19th Century Boston, this would be the book to choose. Past memories threaten to destroy the new beginnings that Hannah and her son are trying to build throughout their adventure to Europe. A stop-over in Boston brings the past into the present. What will happen now that Captain Lazarus has entered the picture. Will he reveal her dead husband's unsavory past? Will Hannah be held accountable for her husband's bad choices? Along with the bondage of her past, Hannah runs into another kind of bondage--slavery. Forgiveness, trust and new beginnings fill the pages of Louise Gouge's book, Hannah rose.

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Summary: Hannah Rose
Review: Louise M Gouge has written a wonderful follow-up to Ahab's Bride, and yet this book can stand on its on. Not wanting to raise her son with the legacy of Captain Ahab, her late husband, Hannah decides to tour Europe. First, she stops to see friends in Boston.
While there, she reunites with Captain Lazarus, a man that worked for her father and knew her husband. She also meets Captain Longwood. She must choose between two men that have awakened something in her that she thought died with her husband.
Before she can select the man for her, she must do some soul searching and discover who she is. Along the way, she encounters slavery and all the injustices that come with it.
You won't be disappointed by adding this book to your collection. It is going straight to my keeper shelf.