On a cold night in 1692, two young girls are caught up in the divining games of a slave womanÑand then begin to act very strangely when the game goes wrong.
Six months later, as news of the girlsÕ strange behavior becomes known, fear and suspicion overwhelm a nearby farming community, pitting neighbors against neighbors and turning friends into enemies. When Rebecca Eames makes one careless utterance during a verbal attack on her family, she is falsely accused of witchcraft. After her fate is decided by three magistrates, Rebecca must endure a prison sentence during which she and her fellow captives have no choice but to valiantly struggle to find humanity and camaraderie among dire conditions.
In this novel based on a true story, a woman wrongly imprisoned during the seventeenth-century witchcraft trials comes full circle when she must determine if she can somehow resume her life, despite all she has endured., Witchcraft, Salem Massachusetts, Colonial America, 1692, Rebecca Blake Eames, Peni Jo Renner| 9781483460864 | 224PAGES