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Beth Powning has had success writing non-fiction works about her own life. The stories have been dark and penetrating examinations of the human heart. “The Sea Captain's Wife”, her new novel, tells the story of a woman who is forced by perceived scandal at home to join her husband at sea aboard a square-rigger sailing ship.

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