Hester: A Novel Pulitzer

Hester: A Novel PulitzerA vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials. Who is the real Hester Prynne? Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen under the spell of opium, his pile of debts have forced them to flee Edinburgh for a fresh start in the New

While the school in this book could exist anywhere

Brown Books for Young Readers (July 25

Will she risk it all to live—and love—a little longer

In a starred review Publishers Weekly raves: "It’s an avant-garde

Includes 4 minifigures: Newt Scamander™

and personal and public inheritance

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Typhoid Mary

Brown and Company (July 21

The men had long been enemies

Over a century and a half after its publication

and author of the National Book Award finalist The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade