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The village healer's book of cures, Jennifer Sherman Roberts

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The village healer's book of cures, Jennifer Sherman Roberts

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

The village healer's book of cures

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Responsibility statement

Jennifer Sherman Roberts

Summary

Mary Fawcett refines the healing recipes she's inherited from generations of women before her -- an uncanny and moral calling to empathize with the sick. When witchfinder Matthew Hopkins arrives in her small village, stoking the fires of hate, he sees not healing but the devil at work. Mary's benevolent skills have now cast her and her young brother under suspicion of witchery. Soon, the husband of one of Mary's patients is found murdered, his body carved with strange symbols. For Hopkins, it's further evidence of dark arts. When the whispering village turns against her, Mary dares to trust a stranger: an enigmatic alchemist, scarred body and soul, who knows the dead man's secrets. As Hopkins's fervor escalates, Mary must outsmart the devil himself to save her life and the lives of those she loves. Unfolding the true potential of her gifts could make Mary a more empowered adversary than a witchfinder ever feared

Target audience

adult

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