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The Heretic's Daughter
by Kathleen Kent | Literature & Fiction
Registered by zzz of Rakovica, City of Belgrade Serbia on Saturday, January 08, 2011
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Journal Entry 1 by zzz from Rakovica, City of Belgrade Serbia on Saturday, January 08, 2011

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Martha Carrier was hanged on August 19th, 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, unyielding in her refusal to admit to being a witch, going to her death rather than joining the ranks of men and women who confessed and were thereby spared execution. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and wilful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. In this startling novel, she narrates the story of her early life in Andover, near Salem. Her father is a farmer, English in origin, quietly stoical but with a secret history. Her mother is a herbalist, tough but loving, and above all a good mother. Often at odds with each other, Sarah and her mother have a close but also cold relationship, yet it is clear that Martha understands her daughter like no other. When Martha is accused of witchcraft, and the whisperings in the community escalate, she makes her daughter promise not to stand up for her if the case is taken to court. As Sarah and her brothers are hauled into the prison themselves, the vicious cruelty of the trials is apparent, as the Carrier family, along with other innocents, are starved and deprived of any decency, battling their way through the hysteria with the sheer willpower their mother has taught them. 


Journal Entry 2 by zzz at Happy Birthday!, Birthday Exchange on bookobsessed -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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Released 1 yr ago (1/11/2011 UTC) at Happy Birthday!, Birthday Exchange on bookobsessed -- Controlled Releases

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Journal Entry 3 by nikel27 at Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Hessen Germany on Thursday, January 27, 2011

10 out of 10

thanks for sending this Wishlist book for my birthday.

update:
Great book, thanks for sending me this book 


Journal Entry 4 by nikel27 at Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Hessen Germany on Saturday, July 23, 2011

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Released 10 mos ago (7/23/2011 UTC) at Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Hessen Germany

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Journal Entry 5 by yourotherleft at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania USA on Saturday, July 30, 2011

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This came in the mail today. Thanks! 




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