Witch Child
5 journalers for this copy...
Great book very powerful excellent read.
Journal Entry 2 by star69 at RABCK to fellow Bookcrossing member in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (3/9/2005 UTC) at RABCK to fellow Bookcrossing member in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
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Given to fellow bookcrosser
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Received as a RABCK from star69, thank you sooo much. Looks interesting! Will get to it soon i pwomiss lol
She was locked in the keep for more than a week. First they walked her up and down, up and down between them, for a day and a night until she could no longer hobble, her feet all bloody and swollen. She would not confess. So they set about to prove she was a witch...
Mary's grandmother is executed for witchcraft, and Mary is forced to leave her home to avoid the same fate. At first she flees to the English countryside, but when the atmosphere of superstition and suspicion becomes all consuming she leaves on a boat for America in the hope that she can start over and forget her past. But during the journey, she realises that the past is not so easy to escape.
Witch Child is a complex, absorbing novel, told in the form of pages from a journal found loosely sewn into an old quilt many years later. From the moment the story begins, the tension is tangible, and the reader is drawn into a world of mistrust and uncertainty that shakes to the core. All this is cleverly conveyed through the eyes of Mary, whose first sense of wide-eyed wonder gradually develops a mature understanding of her situation, drawing the reader in to a dark and dangerous world where the tiniest slip could mean death.
Celia Rees, always a fine writer, tackles her subject with serious and sensitive aplomb, bringing together a sense of history with an extraordinarily powerful and thrilling story that is unforgettable.
This was a quick easy read (probably because it's aimed at teenagers) but i did like the style. It's horrendous when you think what they use to do to "suspected witches". I've found out there is a follow up to this, but i dont think i'll be looking for it. Dont get me wrong, this book is fine, its just that i felt the story had run out of steam a bit by the end.....
Thanks star, i'll probably take this to a meet up.....
Mary's grandmother is executed for witchcraft, and Mary is forced to leave her home to avoid the same fate. At first she flees to the English countryside, but when the atmosphere of superstition and suspicion becomes all consuming she leaves on a boat for America in the hope that she can start over and forget her past. But during the journey, she realises that the past is not so easy to escape.
Witch Child is a complex, absorbing novel, told in the form of pages from a journal found loosely sewn into an old quilt many years later. From the moment the story begins, the tension is tangible, and the reader is drawn into a world of mistrust and uncertainty that shakes to the core. All this is cleverly conveyed through the eyes of Mary, whose first sense of wide-eyed wonder gradually develops a mature understanding of her situation, drawing the reader in to a dark and dangerous world where the tiniest slip could mean death.
Celia Rees, always a fine writer, tackles her subject with serious and sensitive aplomb, bringing together a sense of history with an extraordinarily powerful and thrilling story that is unforgettable.
This was a quick easy read (probably because it's aimed at teenagers) but i did like the style. It's horrendous when you think what they use to do to "suspected witches". I've found out there is a follow up to this, but i dont think i'll be looking for it. Dont get me wrong, this book is fine, its just that i felt the story had run out of steam a bit by the end.....
Thanks star, i'll probably take this to a meet up.....
Journal Entry 5 by AngelChild at Bookbox in Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Monday, May 16, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (5/16/2005 UTC) at Bookbox in Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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This book is going into a box and will be delivered to Weebly for her OBCZ.
This book is going into a box and will be delivered to Weebly for her OBCZ.
I wanted books for my OBCZ which have come from all over England, so as caffcaff has paticipated in so many book boxes over time she has kindly passed on some of the books to me. I am going to take to Salcey Forest OBCZ or the Rose and Crown in Hartwell. See HERE for where your books will end up.
Released 18 yrs ago (5/26/2005 UTC) at
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Leaving on the shelves before the busy bank holiday weekend.
Leaving on the shelves before the busy bank holiday weekend.
I found this book at the Forest cafe. I have not read anything similar before and found it very interesting. I live in Peebles, Scotland and have now passed it on to my sister in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire..8th June 2005
CAUGHT IN SALCEY FOREST NEAR NORTHAMPTON NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ENGLAND
CAUGHT IN SALCEY FOREST NEAR NORTHAMPTON NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ENGLAND
Received the book from my sister. Very interesting, though I do not usually read historical novels. Hope to leave it somewhere in Broadway, Worcestershire, when my husband has read it.
CAUGHT IN CHELTENHAM GLOUCESTERSHIRE U.K.
CAUGHT IN CHELTENHAM GLOUCESTERSHIRE U.K.