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Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
484 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A Secret History of Witches follows five generations of women -- all of whom happen to be witches -- from nineteenth-century Brittany to London during World War II. Brittany, 1821. After Grand-mere Ursule gives her life to save her family, their magic seems to die with her. Even so, they fight to keep the old ways alive, practicing half-remembered spells and arcane rites in hopes of a revival. And when their youngest daughter comes of age, magic...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Marianne Messman, a housewife, wants to escape her loveless marriage and an uncaring and unfeeling husband of 35 years. She and her husband, army sergeant major Lothar, take a trip to Paris, during which Marianne leaps of the Pont Neuf into the Seine, but she is saved from drowning by a homeless man. Angered by her behavior Major Lothar takes a coach trip back home to Germany, expecting that a psychologist will escort Marianne home a few days later....
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