Bound: A Novel
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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 Widowβs War.
Indentured servant Alice Cole barely remembers when she was not βboundβ, first to the Morton family, then to their daughter Nabbyβher companion since childhoodβwhen she wed. But Nabbyβs 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, freedomβas well as gratitude, friendship, and trustβhas a price far higher than she ever imagined.
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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 βSatucket novelsβ (The Widowβs War, Bound, and The Rebellion of Jane Clarke), as well as the historical novels Benjamin Franklinβs Bastard and Monticello.
