Sophronia L.

Sophronia Lambert, a schoolteacher on the island of Martha's Vineyard, lives a quiet life; that is until Nantucket whaling captain James Folger comes ashore. Realizing he is the man who killed her deaf brother, she decides to pursue vengeance - first at home, then at sea-sailing to the far side of the world as his bride. As she grapples with madness and morality, Sophronia's quest mirrors that of her island community: to find a way forward amidst the pressures of a brutal industry, a nation mired in Civil War, and a past darker than the ocean's abyss.