Rebellion of Jane Clarke, The - Softcover

"Quietly compelling . . . . Gunning paints the ethical, emotional, and financial dilemmas of her refreshingly adult characters in surprisingly lively shades of gray."--Kirkus Reviews

"Readers will be swiftly turning the pages, eagerly cheering for the strong-willed widow."--Booklist

"A gifted storyteller . . . has given us a deeply affecting tale of a woman caught between the irresistible currents of her inner truth and the equally powerful strictures of her times."--Anne LeClaire, author of The Law of Bound Hearts and Entering Normal

"Gripping, romantic, historically sound, and completely satisfying...I'll be surprised if I read a better historical novel this year."--Historical Novels Review (The Historical Novel Society); "Editor's Choice"

"Nobody brings the Cape's history alive like Sally Gunning."--Cape Codder on THE REBELLION OF JANE CLARKE

"Gunning's exquisite use of language and imaginative scene-setting in times past will keep readers riveted . . . Anyone who loves history, storytelling, and Cape Cod will want to settle in for a long weekend of pleasurable escape."--Cape Cod Life on BOUND

"Unlike many historical novelists, Gunning makes the long-ago feel like this very day. Elegantly, she tells bitter truths -- that dignity and grace and even abiding love can flourish where it seems nothing can grow."--Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Still Summer

"Historical fiction at its best."--Library Journal (starred review)

"Provocative . . . Gunning infuses the story with suspense and intrigue [and] resists easy generalizations and stereotypes."--Publishers Weekly

"[A] colonial page-turner...horrifying, spellbinding."--Publishers Weekly

"Sally Gunning is a gifted storyteller adept at layering time, place, and character and revealing conflicts of the heart."
--Anne LeClaire, author of Entering Normal

From Sally Gunning, the critically acclaimed author of The Widow's War and Bound, comes The Rebellion of Jane Clarke, the compelling story of a young woman caught between tradition and independence, family and conscience, loyalty and love, on the eve of the Revolutionary War. Combining actual historical figures and events, like John Adams and the Boston Massacre, with enthralling fictional creations, author Gunning brings to vivid and unforgettable life the world of Colonial America on the brink of momentous upheaval and change.