title: Wide Is the Water
author: Hodge, Jane Aiken
description: The time is 1780 and the bloody War of Independence has ended, but the peace terms are still a matter of passionate debate. To the young lovers parted by the throes of war, the separation is not only one of miles but also of attitudes and heritage. Mercy Purchis is separated by the privateer-haunted waters of the Atlantic from her new husband, Hart Purchis.