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A Novel
by Kieran Shields
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The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
by Katherine Howe
Published Apr 2010
Read ReviewsA spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American history - the Salem witch trials.
by Kathleen Kent
Published Oct 2009
Read ReviewsMartha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. The Heretic's Daughter tells her story; a haunting portrait, not just of Puritan New England, but also of one family's deep and abiding love in the face of fear and persecution.
by Diane Setterfield
Published Oct 2007
Read ReviewsA love letter to reading, a book for the feral reader in all of us, a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and that we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter and, in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life...
by Kirstin Allio
Published Sep 2005
Read ReviewsIt is 1925 and the New Hampshire town of Garner's economic prospects are in decline. A group of young, wealthy New Yorkers arrive for summer leisure, but when the body of a spirited, illusive girl is found in the stream this deeply private community begins to unravel.
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