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The Resource Hour of the witch, Chris Bohjalian

Hour of the witch, Chris Bohjalian

Label
Hour of the witch
Title
Hour of the witch
Statement of responsibility
Chris Bohjalian
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary's hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life. But in a world where every neighbour is watching for signs of the devil, a woman like Mary -- a woman who harbours secret desires and finds it difficult to tolerate the brazen hypocrisy of so many men in the colony -- soon becomes herself the object of suspicion and rumour. When tainted objects are discovered buried in Mary's garden, when a boy she has treated with herbs and simples dies, and when their servant girl runs screaming in fright from her home, Mary must fight to not only escape her marriage, but also the gallows. A twisting, tightly plotted novel of historical suspense from one of our greatest storytellers, Hour of the Witch is a timely and terrifying story of socially sanctioned brutality and the original American witch hunt
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NjBwBT
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1962-
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Bohjalian, Chris
Dewey number
813.54
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Series statement
Random House large print
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  • Marital violence
  • Trials (Witchcraft)
  • Malicious accusation
  • Witch hunting
  • Puritans
  • Wife abuse
  • Massachusetts
  • Boston (Mass.)
Target audience
adult
Label
Hour of the witch, Chris Bohjalian
Link
http://www.bolinda.com/images/products/large/9780593396513.jpg
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000069311216
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
592 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780593396513
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
(OCoLC)1255737715
Label
Hour of the witch, Chris Bohjalian
Link
http://www.bolinda.com/images/products/large/9780593396513.jpg
Publication
Copyright
Note
Optimized reading formats
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000069311216
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
592 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780593396513
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
(OCoLC)1255737715

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