A Founding Mother
Abigail Adams, astonishing “President’s Lady,” tells her story just in time for America’s 250th anniversary. Abigail forges her place as a founding mother: wife to the second president of the United States, John Adams, and mother of sixth president John Quincy Adams.
As Abigail shares her life story, she transports readers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1765 across oceans and continents, and into palaces, riots, and revolutions. She raises her family, endures sacrifices and separations in fifty years of marriage, and sets an example for future presidential wives. Dray and Kamoie have researched tomes of our rich history to provide a masterful retelling of America’s birth as a nation. Opening in 1814, with Washington ablaze and President Madison in hiding, Abigail looks back on her life as a wife, mother, entrepreneur, diplomat, and friend.
Abigail realizes “extraordinary times called for her to be an extraordinary wife and mother.” She is portrayed as a saucy and patient wife, a valuable conversationalist and diplomat, independently wealthy with an enterprising spirit, and a voracious advocate for her children. Relatable to women in today’s world, Abigail balances family demands with those of her role as a founding mother.
As John travels the Colonies and Europe, Abigail’s resolve comes boldly to the surface as she is abandoned with children to raise, a farm to supervise, and finances to manage. She moves households many times, always with determination to make the best of each location and situation. This domestic thread is seamlessly woven with John Adams’ burgeoning career, the political machinations of Hamilton, Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Hurray for patriotic, cheer-worthy, engaging historical fiction!
