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Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt

Daughters of the Witching Hill

A Novel

by Mary Sharratt
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  • Apr 7, 2010, 352 pages
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  • Jan 2011, 352 pages
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“What else can you tell me?” I asked, my heart in my mouth.

Opening my eyes, I dared myself to look him in the face, but I only saw the stars shining in the window slits.

Excerpted from Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt. Copyright © 2010 by Mary Sharratt. Excerpted by permission of Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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