{"product_id":"the-daughters-of-temperance-hobbs-9781250774439","title":"The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bewitching novel of a New England history professor who must race against time to free her family from a curse by Katherine Howe, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magical bloodline. A family curse. Can Connie Goodwin break the spell before it shatters her future?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConnie Goodwin is an expert on America's fractured past with witchcraft. A young, tenure-track professor in Boston, she's earned career success by studying the history of magic in colonial America--especially women's home recipes and medicines--and by exposing society's threats against women fluent in those skills. But beyond her studies, Connie harbors a secret: She is the direct descendant of a woman tried as a witch in Salem, an ancestor whose abilities were far more magical than the historical record shows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a hint from her mother and clues from her research lead Connie to the shocking realization that her partner's life is in danger, she must race to solve the mystery behind a hundreds'-years-long deadly curse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlashing back through American history to the lives of certain supernaturally gifted women, \u003ci\u003eThe Daughters of Temperance Hobbs\u003c\/i\u003e affectingly reveals not only the special bond that unites one particular matriarchal line, but also explores the many challenges to women's survival across the decades--and the risks some women are forced to take to protect what they love most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250774439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"Katherine Howe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648767586460,"sku":"9781250774439","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e9e1030a-1ddd-46aa-af71-f0905c7308f5.jpg?v=1603870979","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-daughters-of-temperance-hobbs-9781250774439","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}