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2025 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for Readers' Favorite Historical Fiction
"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…
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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…
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