Ratings: 4 Stars
Genre: Historical Fiction
ASIN: B01MZ37P1R
File Size: 3837 KB
ISBN-10: 1631610333
ISBN-13: 978-1631610332
Pages: 284

If you, like me, enjoy stories with stories with strong female protagonists, don’t miss Catching a Witch: A Novel of Loyalty, Deception, and Superstition by Heidi Eljarbo. In 1660, after living 10 years in the orient with her missionary father, Clara Dahl returns to her home in Norway. At first, she delights in meeting old friends who are local healers and midwives. Soon after her arrival, the town hires Angus Hill, a witchfinder. In no time, he finds his first witch and drowns her. As neighbors become suspicious of each other and more witches are found, Clara tries to save her friends and restore the town’s sanity.

This story shows how easy it is for a glib speaker to sway the uneducated and superstitious away from reason and how easy it was to thwart the voice of a powerless woman. Only with her knowledge, education, and connections can Clara persuade those with real power to intervene on behalf of the women.