Lancashire, 1620. Young Sarah Haworth and her family live as outcasts. They are 'cunning folk', feared by the local villagers by day, but called upon under cover of darkness for healing balms and spells.
Against the odds, love blossoms when Sarah meets Daniel, the local farmer's son.
But when a new magistrate arrives to investigate a spate of strange deaths, his gaze inevitably turns to Sarah and her family. In a world where cunning women are forced into darkness by powerful men, can Sarah reckon with her fate to protect all she holds dear?
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Annie sleeps curled up on the bed we share, wet thumb fallen from her mouth.- AN UNFAMILIAR PAIN
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(@PenguinUKBooks, 22 April 2021, e-book, 384 pages, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @BorrowBox)
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I really enjoyed Cunning Women. I've read books that deal with similar events and themes so expected to enjoy the book. I love the cover as well. This is a short book but it felt much, much longer. I found it quite gripping.
