Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction 3
7. From Birth to Marriage and Motherhood, 1789–1809 9
8. On the Move: Between Bermuda and Halifax, 1809–1810 33
9. In Halifax, Nova Scotia: Summer into Autumn 1810 51
10. Unsettled: Bermuda and England, 1810–1811 73
11. Afloat and Ashore, 1812 89
12. Carrying On: Challenges and Choices, 1813 117
13. Family Obligations, 1814 141
14. Death and Disaster: 1814 and the Years Beyond 173
15. Being a Naval Wife: Fanny Austen's Life and Jane Austen's Fiction 192
16. Description of Fanny's Letters and Pocket Diary 109
17. Letters about Fanny 214
18. Fanny Palmer Austen's Kindred 218
19. Notes 227
20. Bibliography 269
21. Index 281