Narrated primarily by the two wives, and based on a real-life legal case, The Wives of Henry Oades is the riveting story of what happens when Henry, Margaret, and Nancy face persecution for bigamy. Exploring the intricacies of marriage, the construction of family, the changing world of the late s, and the strength of two remarkable women, Johanna Moran turns this unusual family’s story into an /5(). · Book Overview. When Henry Oades accepts an accountancy post in New Zealand, his wife, Margaret, and their children follow him to exotic Wellington. But while Henry is an adventurer, Margaret is not. Their new home is rougher and more rustic than they expected--and a single night of tragedy shatters the family when the native Maori stage an uprising, kidnapping Margaret and her 5/5(5). Believing his family to be dead, Henry Oades leaves New Zealand for San Francisco, and eventually marries a young widow, Nancy. Five years later, Margaret Oades and her children have escaped captivity and turn up on Henry Oades doorstep. Henry Oades finds that he has 2 wives and a whole lot of trouble. I really enjoyed this novel/5().
The Wives of Henry Oades Johanna Moran, Author. Ballantine $15 (p) ISBN Buy this book. An English accountant and his two wives are the subject of this intriguing and. "Equal parts love story and courtroom drama, Johanna Moran's The Wives of Henry Oades is a compelling story of good people caught in impossible circumstances, and a community that rushes to judge rather than to understand."—Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Wednesday Sisters "A beguiling, promising debut."—Kirkus Reviews. Review: The Wives of Henry Oades, Johanna Moran. Margaret Oades isn't exactly thrilled that she has to move her entire family from England to New Zealand in the late nineteenth century, but she loves her husband and, as a woman with children, has few other options. And anyway, they will return in two years, or at least that's the plan; her.
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