The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel

Kent, Kathleen

ISBN 10 : 031602449X ISBN 13 : 9780316024495

Editeur : Back Bay Books, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Kent Kathleen

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"The Heretic's Daughter is raw, honest and completely captivating..."―Anita Shreve

"An illuminating literary debut."―Michele Leber, Booklist (starred review)

Highly recommended.―Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal (starred review)

"A powerful coming-of-age tale in which tragedy is trumped by an unsinkable faith in human nature."―Chelsea Cain, New York Times Book Review

"Kent's moving story comes straight from her heart as well as the historical record...Kent tells a heart-wrenching story of family love and sacrifice."―Carol Memmot, USA Today

".... an eminently readable novel, and a tribute to a woman who held steadfastly to the courage of her convictions."―Christian Science Monitor

"Ms. Kent brings a gentle decency to her portrait of this nasty episode in American life."―Joy Tipping, Dallas Morning News

"An authentically moving story that is as much about a mother and a daughter as the terror of the times."―NY Daily News

"Gripping and evocative, THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER is a powerful tale of a perilous time."―People

"THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER is haunting; unlike in seventeenth-century Salem, there is real magic at work here."―Texas Monthly

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A woman condemned by the truth. Her daughter saved by a lie.
Salem, 1752. Sarah Carrier Chapman, weak with infirmity, writes a letter to her granddaughter that reveals the secret she has closely guarded for six decades: how she survived the Salem Witch Trials when her mother did not.

Sarah's story begins more than a year before the trials, when she and her family arrive in a New England community already gripped by superstition and fear. As they witness neighbor pitted against neighbor, friend against friend, the hysteria escalates--until more than two hundred men, women, and children have been swept into prison. Among them is Sarah's mother, Martha Carrier. In an attempt to protect her children, Martha asks Sarah to commit an act of heresy--a lie that will most surely condemn Martha even as it will save her daughter.

This is the story of Martha's courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Back Bay Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 031602449X
• ISBN 13: 9780316024495
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Nombre de pages: 368