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The Village Healer's Book of Cures
The Village Healer's Book of Cures | Jennifer Sherman Roberts
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In seventeenth-century England, a female healer enflames the fury of a witchfinder in this propulsive novel about murder, revenge, and the dangerous power of knowledge. Mary Fawcett refines the healing recipes she's inherited from generations of Fawcett women before her--an uncanny and moral calling to empathize with the sick. When witchfinder Matthew Hopkins arrives in her small village, stoking the fires of hate, he sees not healing but the devil at work. Mary's benevolent skills have now cast her and her young brother under suspicion of witchery. Soon, the husband of one of Mary's patients is found murdered, his body carved with strange symbols. For Hopkins, it's further evidence of dark arts. When the whispering village turns against her, Mary dares to trust a stranger: an enigmatic alchemist, scarred body and soul, who knows the dead man's secrets. As Hopkins's fervor escalates, Mary must outsmart the devil himself to save her life and the lives of those she loves. Unfolding the true potential of her gifts could make Mary a more empowered adversary than a witchfinder ever feared.
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TheEllieMo
The Village Healer's Book of Cures | Jennifer Sherman Roberts
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

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Lizwarnerpdx
The Village Healer's Book of Cures | Jennifer Sherman Roberts
Mehso-so

As I read this it felt so familiar, like I‘d already read it. But it turns out it‘s an early release from a brand new author. So, that‘s weird. It was good and interesting…but also apparently extremely similar to something else I‘ve read in the last few years and just can‘t pot my finger on now.