description: A novel inspired by Herman Melville's Moby Dick chronicles the life of Una Spenser, wife of the immortal Captain Ahab, from her Kentucky childhood, through her adventures disguised as a whaling ship cabin boy, to her various marriages.
language: English
title: Ahab's Wife: Or, the Star-Gazer
titlecomplete: Ahab's Wife: Or, the Star-Gazer
characters: Kit Sparrow, Giles Bonebright, Frederick Douglass, Captain Ahab, Una Spenser
genres: Fiction, Book Club, Unfinished, Adult Fiction, Historical, Adult, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 44334
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Alabama Author Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Audioworks