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The Heretic's Daughter
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The Heretic's Daughter (2008) (edit title/settings)

by Kathleen Kent (Author) (edit contributors)

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Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem , Massachusetts . Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter... read more

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  • - Not a witch? Lie and say you are to live.

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This is a spellbinding story of family love, courage and betrayal at the time of the Salem witch trials.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... read more

This is a spellbinding story of family love, courage and betrayal at the time of the Salem witch trials.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 stoic but with a secret history. Her mother is a herbalist, tough but loving, but above all a good mother. Often at odds, Sarah and her mother have a close but often cold relationship, yet it is clear that Martha understands her daughter.When Martha is accused of witchcraft, and the whisperings escalate in the community, she makes her daughter promise not to stand up for her if the case is taken to court.
As Sarah and her brothers imprisoned themselves, the vicious cruelty of the trials become 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.

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Andover, Massachusetts outside Salem

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"In 1630 Governor Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony took a small group of men and women from the old England to the new."

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  • murmet: An old English word for "scarecrow"
  • bogan: Old Enlish word basically meaning "trailer trash", someone beneath you.
  • Iron Bessie: Name the Carrier children had for the slotted spoon that was used for spanking when they misbehaved.

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  1. Kathleen Kent (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Little
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0316024481
Page Count: 352

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