The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
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A crime lost to time. A secret buried deep. One book unlocks an unimaginable truth. Salem, Massachusetts, 1681. Fear and suspicion lead a small town to unspeakable acts. Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1991. A young woman is about to discover that she is tied to Salem in ways she never imagined. "A sensational debut novel . . . carries on every page Howe's unique passion, wit, intelligence, and spirit." --Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow "A terrific debut novel . . . a captivating thriller of the hidden powers of women throughout the centuries." --Boston Globe "Literary alchemy . . . powerful enough to deliver a charming summer read." --Christian Science Monitor "Howe pairs a scholarly search for a missing book with the thrill of spine-tingling witchery." --Dallas Morning News "If you need some magic in your life . . . lose yourself in The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane." --Real Simple "A devilishly delightful read." --San Francisco Chronicle "Compulsively readable . . . The novel is a page-turner, but the characters, not the plot, dominate." --Denver Post "A witch story that will leave you spellbound . . . Once in a while, a new writer offers up a hypnotic tale of the supernatural that has the publishing world quivering with excitement. In 2005 it was Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian; in 2006 it was Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale. This summer, The Physick Book is magic." --USA Today "I thought I had found another Alice Hoffman as I began Katherine Howe's debut novel . . . It has definite Hoffman vibes, but with a little Da Vinci Code, Stephen King, and academic discourse thrown in to create a charming and different mix . . . Howe is masterful." --Portland Oregonian "This isn't the same old hang-the-sorceror tale. It has a bedeviling twist." --New York Daily News
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The Physick Book is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Katherine Howe.
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Reread this today since the sequel is coming out soon. It's such an interesting way to tell the story of Salem. I'm looking forward to the sequel. Some of the characters seemed a bit unrealistic on certain topics - Sam not knowing about the witch trials despite living in Salem and having studied some of the stuff was a bit much. And I will say, listening to the book rather than reading a physical copy, plus the way the reader said the word, made me really notice the overuse of the word “coif”.
This was an excellent book. You can tell it was very thoroughly researched. But it was not dry at all. The story kept building and made me want to keep reading it or actually listening to it because I did it as an audible book. The narrator was excellent and did the voices very well so that I knew right away who was speaking.
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