The Great Divorce is a scandalous true tale involving a distraught mother, her errant husband, their missing children, and the Shakers—a utopian society that is now best known for making great furniture,  but was something quite different in the formative years of American history. There was a time when married woman could not vote, own property, or earn their own wages--when they had few rights of their own. In 1815, Eunice Hawley Chapman fought back, taking on her husband, the law, and a reculusive religious sect known as The Shakers. She made history. This, for the first time, is her story. The author, Ilyon Woo, holds a B.A. in the Humanities from Yale College and a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University. Paperback. Signed copies are available.