To surmount this perceived obstacle, Hawley must make difficult moral choices which in turn impact the lives of those he loves. Andrea The Voyage of the Narwhal Mystery surrounding the Polar regions still abounds as the Narwhal sets sail from Philadelphia in 1855 to search for the crew of a vanished expedition. After her captain's critical decision to continue locks them in a sea of ice, the crew encounters it's greatest challenge, survival. In Hours , Michael Cunningham demonstrates the highest compliment by patterning his novel on Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. Although the novel has a likeness to Mrs. Dalloway , it is in no way a replica.
Hours has a uniqueness all it's own, following three women through a day in their lives.
Their only link is the novel, Mrs. Dalloway , and the shared knowledge that true joy is contained in a few unexpected moments of time. Although living in the male-centered society of the Bible, the women of this novel resume their independence when, as prescribed by Jewish law, they visit the red tent every month. Within this community, they have babies, tell their stories, and try to keep their memories alive for their daughters who will one day also find respite in the red tent. A white clapboard New England resort on the banks of a mountain lake sounds like the perfect vacation spot for Natalie and her mother. Undaunted, Natalie manipulates an invitation to the Inn.