{"product_id":"daughters-of-the-witching-hill-9780547422299","title":"Daughters of the Witching Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaughters of theWitching Hill\u003c\/i\u003e brings history to life in a vivid and wrenching account of a family sustained by love as they try to survive the hysteria of a witch-hunt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBess Southerns, an impoverished widow living in Pendle Forest, is haunted by visions and gains a reputation as a cunning woman. Drawing on the Catholic folk magic of her youth, Bess heals the sick and foretells the future. As she ages, she instructs her granddaughter, Alizon, in her craft, as well as her best friend, who ultimately turns to dark magic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a peddler suffers a stroke after exchanging harsh words with Alizon, a local magistrate, eager to make his name as a witch finder, plays neighbors and family members against one another until suspicion and paranoia reach frenzied heights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharratt interweaves well-researched historical details of the 1612 Pendle witch-hunt with a beautifully imagined story of strong women, family, and betrayal. \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Witching Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful novel of intrigue and revelation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARY SHARRATT is an American writer who has lived in the Pendle region of\u003cbr\u003eLancashire, England, for the past seven years. Her inspiration for \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the\u003cbr\u003eWitching Hill\u003c\/i\u003e arose directly from the wild, brooding landscape: the true story of the\u003cbr\u003ePendle witches unfolded almost literally in her backyard. All the major characters\u003cbr\u003eand events portrayed in the novel are drawn from court clerk Thomas Potts's\u003cbr\u003eaccount of the 1612 Lancashire witch trials, in which seven women and two men\u003cbr\u003efrom Pendle Forest were hanged as witches. The author of the critically acclaimed\u003cbr\u003enovels \u003ci\u003eSummit Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Minerva\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Point\u003c\/i\u003e, Sharratt is also\u003cbr\u003ethe coeditor of the subversive fiction anthology \u003ci\u003eBitch Lit\u003c\/i\u003e, a celebration of female\u003cbr\u003eantiheroes, strong women who break all the rules.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434396979474,"sku":"9780547422299","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea266e10-b332-435b-a5ca-bdef242642d4.jpg?v=1729600692","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/daughters-of-the-witching-hill-9780547422299","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}