Date Read: July 16
Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Genre: Historical Fiction
Rating: 5/5
In Norway, on Christmas Eve, 1617, all the men of Vardø drown in a sudden storm. The women who are left behind try to make a new life for themselves, only to be interrupted by the arrival of Absalom Cornet from Scotland, a man who has been sent to find witches. Based on the 1620 Norwegian witch trials.
Many of them seem past caring what is true or not, only desperate for some reason, some order to the rearrangement of their lives, even if it is brought about by a lie.
– The Mercies
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