Step into the world of one of early America’s most influential women with this captivating historical novel from Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie. The duo behind My Dear Hamilton dive into the life of Abigail Adams, wife of second U.S. president John Adams, drawing on over 1000 letters she left behind. Abigail is remembered to this day for advising her husband to “Remember the Ladies” as the all-male Continental Congress worked to determine the nation’s founding laws. Dray and Kamoie intimately explore the complex woman behind this iconic, proto-feminist quote, from shepherding her family through the Revolutionary War to her role-defining tenure as First Lady. Impressively, the authors never shy away from the maddening contradictions of 18th- and 19th-century American society. Their deft storytelling makes it unmistakably clear that nothing can protect a woman of this era from being subject to the rule of men—even being the respected confidante of a sitting president. Narrator Cassandra Campbell beautifully embodies Abigail, subtly modulating her performance to capture each stop on this decades-spanning journey.

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