The First Witch of Boston: A Novel by Andrea Catalano
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A gripping and intimate novel based on the true story of Margaret Jones, the first woman found guilty of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1646—Thomas and Margaret Jones arrive from England to build a new life. Cautious Thomas and fiery Margaret—an outspoken healer—are bound by a love decades in the making, and with a child on the way, their future feels full of promise.
But in an austere Puritan community where wrong words breed suspicion, Margaret’s bold, unguarded nature draws scorn. Whispers turn to accusations as personal tragedy, religious hysteria, and fear of the unknown take hold. Soon, she is seen as something more cunning than kind—and even the steadfast devotion between Margaret and Thomas begins to strain.
Inspired by actual diary entries and court records, The First Witch of Boston is the story of a woman unjustly accused and a marriage tested by a world collapsing into fear. Harrowing and deeply human, it brilliantly reimagines a turbulent moment in Old and New England.
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