Bound, Sally Cabot Gunning
Bound, Sally Cabot Gunning
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Bound
A Novel

Author: Sally Cabot Gunning

Narrator: Marisa Calin

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/06/2020

Synopsis

An indentured servant finds herself bound by law, society, and her own heart in this novel set in colonial Cape Cod from the author of acclaimed The Widow’s War. Indentured servant Alice Cole barely remembers when she was not “bound”, first to the Morton family, then to their daughter Nabby—her companion since childhood—when she wed. But Nabby’s new marriage is not happy, and when Alice finds herself torn between her new master and her old friend, she runs away to Boston. There she meets a sympathetic widow named Lyddie Berry and her lawyer companion, Eben Freeman. Impulsively stowing away on their ship to Satucket on Cape Cod, Alice finds employment making cloth with Lyddie. Yet as Alice soon discovers, freedom—as well as gratitude, friendship, and trust—has a price far higher than she ever imagined.

About Sally Cabot Gunning

Sally Cabot Gunning lives in Brewster, Massachusetts, with her husband, Tom. A lifelong resident of New England, she is active in local historical organizations and creates tours that showcase the three-hundred-year history of her village. She is the author of three “Satucket novels” (The Widow’s War, Bound, and The Rebellion of Jane Clarke), as well as the historical novels Benjamin Franklin’s Bastard and Monticello.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship

I quite liked The Widow’s War and so got the two sequels right after finishing it--but while Bound is as competently written as its predecessor, it’s the kind of book that rises or falls on its protagonist, and Alice did not work for me. The book tells the story of Alice Cole, who arrives in 18th cen......more

Goodreads review by Mari Anne

This sequel to "The Widow's War" is even more exciting and captivating than the first book. The story of Alice has a lot more drama and action than the story of Widow Berry in "War". That being said, the character of Alice takes a decidedly negative turn about midway through the book. She starts out......more

Goodreads review by Susan

Gunning takes the reader into a world that is rarely described, pre-Revolutionary Massachusetts. Indentured servant Alice Cole, age 15, runs away from an abusive situation, finding herself under the wing of the widow Berry and her boarder, Mr. Freeman. Not yet free of her former master, Alice carrie......more

Goodreads review by Kristine

pretty good fiction read, like popcorn for the brain. Entertaining, but not really filling. However, the writing is excellent, managing to suggest a tone from the time period without causing the reader to puzzle over obscure language usage.......more

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