The Third Mrs. Galway

De: Deirdre Sinnott

Narrado por: Rebecca Lee

It’s 1835 in Utica, New York, and newlywed Helen Galway discovers a secret: Two runaway slaves are hiding in the shack behind her husband’s house. Suddenly, she is at the center of not only the era’s greatest moral dilemma, but her own, as well. Should she be a “good wife” and report the fugitives to her husband? Or will she defy convention and come to their aid?

Within her home, Helen is haunted by the previous Mrs. Galway, recently deceased but still an oppressive presence. Her husband, injured by a drunken tumble off his horse, is assisted by a doctor of questionable ambitions who keeps a close eye on Helen. In charge of all things domestic is Maggie - formerly enslaved by the Galway family and freed when emancipation came to New York eight years earlier.

At the same time, Utica is at the center of emancipation efforts as abolitionists arrive for the founding meeting of the New York State Anti-Slavery Society. Those who plead for an immediate end to enslavement are attacked by newspapers accusing them of being insurrectionists and traitors to the Constitution. Everyone faces dangerous choices as they navigate this intensely heated personal and political landscape.

©2021 Deirdre Sinnott (P)2021 Scribd Audio

great book

This was exactly the type of story I was searching for...wish there was a follow up...good job

Great narration & excellent compassionate narrative

I loved the multidimensional characters and plot lines. To my literary tastes, this is quite a talented author. So glad to finally have discovered her. LOVE!

excellent plots, expense, character development, realism

liked the pace, intensity, and believable characters, loved the setting of this historical fiction novel

Good book

I’m giving it Just 4 stars because of the curse words. Book did mention God that that doesn’t mean much when curse words are in it.

SHEER EXCELLENCE

I so enjoyed everything about The Third Mrs. Galway. I was expecting the boy with the glasses, who young Joe thought looked very much like him, to be his brother that Imari had by her brutally abusive owner. Other than that, it was an excellent presentation in every way!

The performance added just enough characterization, without creating caricatures.

Toward the climax, the story got very complicated, but so is the phenomenon of slavery. I think it is a very good intersection of women's rights and the different anti-slavery movements in the north of the U.S. This book could be a historical fiction for high school library bookshelves, as well.

A very good historical novel

The book makes you sad thinking about slavery and how things happened like the slave women being raped by their masters. Or how you would expect freedom after emancipation. At first, I didn’t know if I could stomach the story and listening to the hard ships endured but I tried to remember this unfortunately was part of our US history. The book was truly a good piece of historical fiction.

History, Slaves and Change

Loved character development, good southern colloquial descriptions. Tissue of reality well felt. Enjoyed the story.

Never thought I'd enjoy a novel so much.

Wow this story seemed so real! Deirdre Sinnott's words painted such a believable picture that sparked my imagination. Having lived near Utica, NY in my early years and traveled past it many times to visit family who live nearby, the story hit home. It helped me imagine how my Black family who actually lived in Utica around the time setting of the novel, might have lived.

Loved it!!!

I loved this book it took me to another place and taught me so many things about love and friendship