The once and future witches /
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Redhook, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 516 pages ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780316422048
- 0316422045
- 813/.6 23
- PS3608.A783854 O53 2020
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Fiction | F HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34480000576722 |
Browsing Chamberlin Free Public Library shelves, Shelving location: Fiction, Collection: Fiction Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
F HAR The mercies | F HAR The overdue life of Amy Byler | F HAR The cabinets of Barnaby Mayne / | F HAR The once and future witches / | F HAR V2 : a novel of World War II | F HAR The forest of vanishing stars / | F HAR Bright burning things / |
"In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in Alix E. Harrow's powerful novel of magic and the suffragette movement. In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters -- James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna -- join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote -- and perhaps not even to live -- the sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive. There's no such thing as witches. But there will be"--
There are no comments on this title.