Witch - Finbar Hawkins Taschenbuch

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD NOMINATED FOR THE 2022 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL Set in the 17th century a breathtaking debut and a potential prize-winner about the power of women witchcraft fury revenge and the ties that bind us. After witnessing the brutal murder of her mother by witch-hunters Evey vows to avenge her and track down the killers. Fury burns in her bright and strong. But she has promised her mother that she will keep Dill her little sister safe. As the lust for blood and retribution rises to fever pitch will Evey keep true to the bonds of sisterhood and to the mag ick that is her destiny? Praise for Witch: 'A story that captures sibling rivalry so perfectly and tells its tale so beautifully I didn't want it to finish' JASBINDER BILAN 'Raw mystical and beautifully told. A striking debut' KIRSTY APPLEBAUM 'An assured debut of sisterhood and fury' THE BOOKSELLER 'A book filled with enchantment in every sense. Dark exciting and pacy Witch brilliantly balances magic and realism' ANTHONY MCGOWAN author of Carnegie-winning LARK 'There is real magic here though what leaps off the page is the creepy atmosphere and the raw emotion of a grieving raging girl... Perfect reading for a dark stormy night' IRISH TIMES WEEKEND