Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read.
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The Once & Future Witch Hunt: A Descendant’s Reckoning from Salem to the Present by Alice Markham-Cantor
Expected publication: May 8, 2024 by Llewellyn Publications
Past and present collide in this page-turner investigation into Salem’s irrepressible question: How could this have happened?
In 1692, Martha Allen Carrier was hanged in the Salem witch trials as the “Queen of Hell.” Three hundred years later, her nine-times-great-granddaughter, Alice Markham-Cantor, set out to discover why Martha had died. As she chased her ancestor through the archives, graveyards, and haunted places of New England, grappling with what we owe the past, Alice discovered a shocking truth: witch hunts didn’t end in Salem.
Extensively researched and told through alternating fiction and non-fiction chapters, The Once & Future Witch Hunt does not treat Salem as a cautionary tale. It treats Salem as an instruction manual—not on how to perform witch hunts, but how to stop them.
Foreword by Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author.
Afterword by Silvia Federici, author of Caliban and the Witch.
This book just sounds right up my alley. I love that it alternates between fiction and non-fiction chapters. I think it will be a super fascinating read!
Are you also looking forward to this book? What do you think of it?
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I’m so curious about the mix of fiction and non fiction. But for sure, I love the subject matter and I probably need to add this to my list! Awesome choice😁
It sounds really interesting!
That’s so interesting that it mixes fiction and nonfiction!
Very interesting!
The mix of fiction and non-fiction can work really well in historical adventures. I hope you enjoy this one, Stephanie:)).
I don’t think I’ve read many books with a mix of fiction and nonfiction. Sounds cool! I am adding this to my wish list. I hope you have a great weekend, Stephanie!
Oh, this indeed sounds super intriguing with the alternating fiction and non-fiction chapters!
This looks like a brilliant tale. Thanks for sharing.