Wide Is the Water [Hardcover]

Jane Aiken Hodge (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Coward Mc Cann; First Edition edition (June 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0698110803
• ISBN-13: 978-0698110809
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,652,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another pleaser for Hodge fans, July 30, 2001

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Sherry Bradbury (Highland, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wide is the water (Hardcover)

In this story, we again meet Hart and Mercy Purchis, who are seperated by the Revolution in America. Jane Aiken Hodge is a wonderful storyteller, who weaves her fictional characters around real people and events in history. She is able to give us a glimpse of life during the time of her stories, without getting bogged down in overdetailed descriptions of fashions or buildings. In this story, we are treated to sightings of political figures in America and England, as Mercy travels to Philidelphia, and Hart to London. Her characters are strong, and the women are not helpless little creatures. Fans of historical novels will find this a thoroughly satisfying read.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another pleaser for Hodge fans, July 30, 2001

By 

Sherry Bradbury (Highland, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wide is the water (Hardcover)

In this book, we again meet Hart and Mercy Purchis, who are seperated by the circumstances of the Revolution in America. Jane Aiken Hodge is a wonderful story teller, and weaves her fictional characters around real people and events in history. She is able to provide a glimpse of what society was like in the time and place where she sets her story, without getting bogged down in overdetailed descriptions of fashions or buildings. Fans of historical novels will find this a thoroughly satisfying read.

2 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars YUCKIE, February 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: WIDE IS THE WATER (Mass Market Paperback)

This novel was a complete waste of time. It was the WORST book I ever read. If it hadan't been a library book or 3/4 of my grade this semester I would have thrown it out the window. I have never heard of the author and I don't know anyone that has ever heard of the book. It was just HORRIBLE!