The Familiars: The spellbinding feminist Sunday Times Bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club Pick

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DESCRIPTION : The Sunday Times Bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club PickTo save her child, she will trust a stranger. To protect a secret, she must risk her life . . .Fleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time. But as the mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she still has no living child, and her husband Richard is anxious for an heir. When Fleetwood finds a letter she isn't supposed to read from the doctor who delivered her third stillbirth, she is dealt the crushing blow that she will not survive another pregnancy.Then she crosses paths by chance with Alice Gray, a young midwife. Alice promises to help her give birth to a healthy baby, and to prove the physician wrong.As Alice is drawn into the witchcraft accusations that are sweeping the North-West, Fleetwood risks everything by trying to help her. But is there more to Alice than meets the eye?Soon the two women's lives will become inextricably bound together as the legendary trial at Lancaster approaches, and Fleetwood's stomach continues to grow. Time is running out, and both their lives are at stake.Only they know the truth. Only they can save each other.'Assured and alluring, this beautiful tale of women and witchcraft and the fight against power was a delight from start to finish' Jessie Burton, author of THE MINIATURIST'The new Hilary Mantel' Cosmopolitan'Truly spellbinding' Good Housekeeping PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9781785766145 BY (AUTHOR) Halls, Stacey PUBLISHER : Zaffre PUBLICATION DATE : September 24, 2019 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Zaffre LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm WEIGHT : 383 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Fiction & Related items Show more