The Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent

The Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent (2008)
Oh I loved this wee book. At its heart is the impact of the Salem witch trials, but primarily it is Sarahs story of growing up on a farm with her three brothers, younger sister and parents in the late 1600s. A period of great hardship made even more difficult when the community eventually turns on each other, with accusations and increasing hysteria.

Kathleen Kent tells the story of her own distant family, and spent 5 years researching this novel and that hard work shows with an honest voice of the horrors of sitting in a Salem jail cell, with no comforts and little food or warmth and toiling on the land.

This book deserves a 4/5, and a highly recommended if you are looking for a good book to lie in bed with in the cold evenings.