WHEELING — The Ohio County Public Library’s next Lunch With Books program will focus on divorce in Civil War-Era Wheeling with Allison Fredette.

The program will take place at noon Tuesday at the library downtown.

For Women’s History Month, Fredette will discuss the new book she edited, “Heartsick and Astonished: Divorce in Civil War-Era West Virginia,” featuring 27 divorce cases from mid-19th century America. More than dry legal documents, these cases provide a captivating window into marital life — and strife — during the Civil War era in Wheeling, courtrooms bore witness to men and women from various ethnic, racial and class backgrounds who shared shockingly intimate details of their lives and relationships.