This novel is based on the true story of the first woman found guilty of witchcraft in the Massachusetts Colony in 1646. While the story may not be unique--there are other tales of witchcraft in both Europe and the colonies--its approach to recounting the story is absolutely chilling. The first part of the novel is told in third-person, from the perspective of Margaret's husband. The reader watches helplessly, as does her husband, as the community slowly turns against her. Then, the latter part of the story switches to first-person from Margaret's perspective, and we experience, with her, the terror of the trial and her imprisonment. The author's approach brought home the reality of this terrible witch hunt.
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"Andrea Catalano draws a tender, intimate portrait of a marriage and a bold defense of an independent woman ahead of her time." -Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code
A gripping and intimate novel based on the true story of Margaret Jones, the first woman to be found guilty of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1646. Thomas and Margaret Jones arrive from England to build a life in the New World. Though of differing temperaments, cautious Thomas and fiery Margaret, a healer, are bound…
The Original tells the story of Katherine Hepburn's early years in Hollywood, revealing the relationship she had with another woman. All the greats are here: David and Irene Selznick; John Ford; Howard Hughes; and Cary Grant. The novel is unflinching in its account of Grant's and Hepburn's same-sex relationships, which their studios managed to keep out of the public eye. The language is jaunty and clipped, rather like Hepburn's personality! I enjoyed this well-researched peek into 1930s Hollywood.
This stunning novel plunges into the tumultuous life of screen icon Katharine Hepburn, a star whose fierce independence, passionate spirit, and fluid sexuality shattered Hollywood’s rules and redefined what it meant to be a woman in film.
“Filled with intrigue and old Hollywood glamour . . . An addictive read!”—People
“A riveting and unputdownable journey through fame, rebellion, and the relentless pursuit of authenticity.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline
When young Katharine Hepburn loses her beloved brother, she makes two decisions: she will become famous, and she will never let anyone hurt her again. Leaving home…
Junie's tale is loosely based on an ancestor of the author, and it is a lovingly told story. Junie is a young slave in pre-Civil War Alabama who has lost her older sister. She is a dreamy-eyed girl who often wanders off to contemplate the beauty of the natural world--and to commune with the ghost of her dead sister. Her life is subject to the whims of her mistress, and with change in the air, she must decide at her tender age whether to run for freedom. This story is so big-hearted!
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • As the Civil War looms, a young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost in this “poignant story of love, family and friendship [that] celebrates the power of liberation” (People).
“An enrapturing tale of survival . . . Eckstine has poured a ton of heart into her characters.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“The richly textured prose quickly pulled me into [Junie’s] treacherous yet magical world.”—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake
Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation…
In the 1920s famous psychic Margery Crandon astounds her followers and confounds scientists and magician Harry Houdini. Will Houdini be her undoing? At a time when spiritualism draws many wishing to commune with their dearly departed, medium Margery Crandon entertains Boston society and intrigues psychic researchers. Her deceased brother, Walter, regularly visits her seances, regaling the circle with his salty repartee. She attracts followers like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Butler Yeats, but Harry Houdini insists she’s a fraud. Will the master magician undo her, or will her powers convert him? Margery and Me is based on the true story of the medium who created a sensation in America and Europe.
