AMS Book Club - October

You're invited to join the AMS Book Club for our October selection:

Weyward by Emilia Hart

Long-listed, Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year 2023

This is a multicast program.

"A spellbinding story about what may transpire when the natural world collides with a legacy of

witchcraft."—Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary

"Narrators Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley, and Nell Barlow are a magical, moving trio. Their emotional

and expressive performance of the parallel narratives ranges from touching and timid to tense and

twisting."—Library Journal

I am a Weyward, and wild inside.

2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.

1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his

herd. As a girl, Altha’s mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep

knowledge of the natural world. But unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as

the evidence for witchcraft is set out against Altha, she knows it will take all of her powers to

maintain her freedom.

1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family's grand, crumbling estate. Straitjacketed

by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receives–and for her mother,

long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of

her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her

bedroom.

Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's

Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural

world.

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