This is the second book of the Nantucket Legacy books; book #1 is Phoebe's Light and #3 is The Light Before Day.
The story begins when Captain Reynolds Macy returns from whaling after six years to find hs wife ill and that he has twin children, Henry and Hitty.
There is a list of characters and a glossary which has the language of 19th century Nantucket at the front of the book.
The book is about Nantucket Quakers so thee is used when talking.
There is also the diary of an ancestor, Mary Coffin Starbuck, that dates 1662 and 1663 at the end of each chapter. This book is dated the 19th century.
"Minding the Light is an expression used to remind Quakers that there is an Inward Light in them."
Lots of emotion in this book with the characters. It was a very good read and hard to do a review as not to spoil the book. Nantucket, whaling, family, slavery, friendship, loss, and hope.
I won a copy from LibraryThing. The opinions are my own.
Definitely a 5 star rating. ( )

A delightful sequel to Phoebe's Light this adventure continues the story of Great Mary's family in Nantucket. A well researched beautifully crafted adventure and love story. Loved it! ( )

The Nantucket Legacy continues as Suzanne Woods Fisher draws the reader into another exceptional Amish saga. I have read hundreds of Amish novels—inspirational, romance, suspense, and historical—and this book combines all these genres into a beautifully flowing and compelling read.
There are plenty of suspense, drama, romance, and unexpected plot twists to make this book very difficult to put down. I highly recommend this book.
I received a free advanced copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. March 23, 2023.

Captain Reynolds Macy returns home after a six year whaling trip, only to discover he is the father of twins and his wife seriously ill. Other startling occurrences await him, in the form of treachery from someone he trusted. As he has discovered, much can change in six years. This novel is rich in the history of the time, as well as taking readers further back in time through Great Mary’s journal. Social issues are also explored, including slavery, drug addiction, bounty hunting, and more. Being disowned by family and deceived by business partners also figure into the story. The author also manages to include a bit of romance. This well written work has strong female characters placed in an intriguing plot that will surely capture the interest of readers, even if historical fiction is not their favorite genre. ( )

I bought this book because I loved the first book in the series so much. My mother's side of my family were among the origianl settler. There is a street named after them and many of many ancestors married into thes other families. so when a fictional character turns up with there many surnames that were in my family history. Im the early part of Nantucket settler history, everyone was related to. everyone. Not until later did that change.

I loved the characters of Daphne Coffin and Captain Reynolds Macy. We see and understand Daphne's sister, Jane through Daphne and the captain's eyes mainly because she leaves the story early and yet her thoughts wind through the book. Daphne' mother is such an evil woman that neither of her daughters refer to Lillian's house as their home. Evil dominates the mother and she wants control of all their lives. Even though, she is beautiful and intelligent yet she was cold,revengeful and unforgiving. When a person is that they hurt their family and not open to enjoying life. Lillian cut herself off from everyone, she shut the light out,

I like going back and forth before the two time periods. When you learn about history,even family history, I am finding themes that run through the times.

What Daphne realized that no man should ever own another man and what made her realize that are lessons for today. You can he a decon in a church and not realize how people who do not look like you or talk like you do not have to be your enemies. Full undertanding for what it means to be a human being are much more necessary than following the day's customs.

I thought that it was a beautiful book with many ideas to ponder. I am very excited to start the next and last in this series ( )