![]() ![]() Ephron took Althea to sea with him, teaching her how to run the business and how to captain a ship. (There’s no mention of the 1950s solution: Valium.)Īlthea rebels, her heart being with her father, Ephron, and their ship, the Vivacia. Although Bingtown women used to be equals, newfound wealth of the town coupled with Jamailian constructs of gender and wealth (Jamailia being the capital of the empire to which they defer), women are becoming part Victorian-era, part 1950s-era bits of fluff who ‘do not work’. She defies the relatively new conventions of women staying at home, removing themselves from business and not sailing. In the beginning…Īlthea Vestrit is the younger daughter of Bingtown Liveship Traders. The books are a dim memory after the past 2 years of hell. With uni, disability discrimination and assaults, this review of the Liveship Traders Trilogy was forgotten until now. I wrote this review in 2016 and left it in drafts. ![]()
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