{"product_id":"the-witching-tide-margaret-meyer-paperback","title":"The Witching Tide -- Margaret Meyer, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a best historical novel of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ereminiscent of both \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHamnet\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(Jezebel\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Witching Tide \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful debut \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003einspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th-century England.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEast Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer, and servant, has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved seaside village of Cleftwater. Having lost her voice as a child, Martha has not spoken a word in years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne autumn morning, a sinister newcomer appears in town. A \"witchfinder,\" Silas Makepeace has been blazing a trail of destruction along the coast, and his arrival in Cleftwater strikes fear into the heart of the community. Within a day, local women are being detained. Martha is enlisted to search the accused women for \"devil's marks,\" and finds herself a silent witness to the hunt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartha is caught between suspicion and betrayal; between shielding herself or condemning the women of the village. In desperation, she revives a wax witching doll that belonged to her mother, in the hope that it will bring protection. But the doll's true powers are unknowable, Martha harbors a terrible secret, and the gallows are looming... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet over the course of a few weeks that forever changed history, and for readers of Hilary Mantel and Margaret Atwood, \u003ci\u003eThe Witching Tide\u003c\/i\u003e \"illuminates a dark historical period and cautions against its recreation\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Margaret Meyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/1\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.3\" H x 5.4\" L x 0.9\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781668011379\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51810755608875,"sku":"9781668011379","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781668011379_e7cccc63-f1fc-4b1d-935e-57eebc31e3c5.jpg?v=1769690382","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-witching-tide-margaret-meyer-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}