{"product_id":"cunning-women-a-feminist-tale-of-forbidden-love-after-the-witch-trials-9781529156805","title":"Cunning Women: A Feminist Tale of Forbidden Love After the Witch Trials","description":"\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eGRAZIA\u003c\/i\u003e'S BEST BOOKS OF 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I loved it. Atmospheric and so good' \u003c\/b\u003eMARIAN KEYES \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A dark, bewitching and captivating read that had my heart in my mouth by the ending' \u003c\/b\u003eJENNIFER SAINT, author of \u003ci\u003eARIADNE\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLancashire, 1620. Young Sarah Haworth and her family live as outcasts. They are 'cunning folk', feared by the local villagers by day, but called upon under cover of darkness for healing balms and spells. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst the odds, love blossoms when Sarah meets Daniel, the local farmer's son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when a new magistrate arrives to investigate a spate of strange deaths, his gaze inevitably turns to Sarah and her family. In a world where cunning women are forced into darkness by powerful men, can Sarah reckon with her fate to protect all she holds dear? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fans of intensely atmospheric historical fiction will love this'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Elizabeth Lee's debut novel is timely in its depiction of hysteria and persecution, and beautifully evokes a historical period poised between dark ignorance and long-overdue enlightenment' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully original . . . devastating . . . and fabulously atmospheric'\u003c\/b\u003e ELODIE HARPER, author of \u003ci\u003eTHE WOLF DEN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529156805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Elizabeth Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471167652021,"sku":"9781529156805","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_10680623-13c3-4b81-be73-34106c823afc.jpg?v=1704823428","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cunning-women-a-feminist-tale-of-forbidden-love-after-the-witch-trials-9781529156805","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}