{"product_id":"9781668011379","title":"The Witching Tide","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a best historical novel of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and “\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003einspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th-century England.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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…\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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).","brand":"Margaret Meyer (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Scribner |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-10-01","offer_id":46057242591487,"sku":"9781668011379","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_215c73d1-82cf-4f33-bbee-975d90af26ef.jpg?v=1725463118","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781668011379","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}