the physick book of deliverance dane by katherine howe

In 2005 it was Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian in 2006 it was Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale. Once in a while, a new writer offers up a hypnotic tale of the supernatural that has the publishing world quivering with excitement. 'A witch story that will leave you spellbound. The novel is a page-turner, but the characters, not the plot, dominate.' -Denver Post lose yourself in The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.' 'Howe pairs a scholarly search for a missing book with the thrill of spine-tingling witchery.' powerful enough to deliver a charming summer read.'

a captivating thriller of the hidden powers of women throughout the centuries.'

Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow carries on every page Howe's unique passion, wit, intelligence, and spirit.' Written with astonishing conviction and grace, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane travels seamlessly between the witch trials of the 1690s and a modern woman's story of mystery, intrigue, and revelation. This discovery launches Connie on a quest-to find out who this woman was and to unearth a rare artifact of singular power: a physick book, its pages a secret repository for lost knowledge.Īs the pieces of Deliverance's harrowing story begin to fall into place, Connie is haunted by visions of the long-ago witch trials, and she begins to fear that she is more tied to Salem's dark past then she could have ever imagined. The key contains a yellowing fragment of parchment with a name written upon it: Deliverance Dane. As she is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the family house, Connie discovers an ancient key within a seventeenth-century Bible. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of Connie's grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, she can't refuse. Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. A spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American history-the Salem witch trials.

The physick book of deliverance dane by katherine howe