The Wives of Henry Oades: A Novel
Based on a true story, Henry Oades was living in Australia when his wife and children were kidnapped by Maoris. Henry did all he could to find them and then gave up and moved to California. Many years later his wife and children travel to California, but discover Henry has remarried. He welcomes his first wife into his home, while not rejecting his second wife. The resulting dilemma is the topic of this book.
Henry is charged with bigamy by the people living near him, and you'll have to read the book to find out what happend next. This is the only book that has led to a discussion of bigamy in our book club, a rare and interesting dilemma, and one which our Henry didn't have an easy solution.
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