{"product_id":"9781399605861","title":"The Witching Tide : The powerful and gripping debut novel for readers of Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel by Margaret Meyer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stylish and raw . . . seizes the reader's sympathy and does not let go'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Enright, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gathering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEast Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer and servant, has lived for more than four decades in her beloved coastal village of Cleftwater. Everyone knows Martha, but no one has ever heard her speak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne Autumn morning, the peaceful atmosphere of Cleftwater is shattered by a sinister arrival and Martha becomes a silent witness to a witch-hunt. As a trusted member of the community, she is enlisted to search the bodies of the accused women. But whilst Martha wants to help her friends, she also harbours a dark secret that could cost her own freedom. In desperation, she revives a wax witching doll that she inherited from her mother, in the hope that it will bring protection. But the doll's true powers are unknowable, the tide is turning, and time is running out . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn immersive and deeply moving novel inspired by true events, \u003ci\u003eThe Witching Tide\u003c\/i\u003e breathes new life into history whilst holding up a mirror to the world we live in now. A story of loyalty and betrayal, fear and obsession, the impact of misogyny and the power of resistance, it is a magnificent debut from a striking new literary voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly haunting and entirely riveting . . . sent shivers down my spine and brought me to tears'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Saint, author of \u003ci\u003eAriadne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A superb writer . . . I loved it'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Stonex, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lamplighters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298834067829,"sku":"9781399605861","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399605861.jpg?v=1762784105","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781399605861","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}