A mirror for witches vs The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane: Which Should You Read?

A mirror for witches Esther Forbes · 1928 223 pages · ≈ 4 h 08 m · Challenging

In a Puritan world gripped by superstition and fear, a young girl named Doll Bilby finds herself at the center of witchcraft accusations. As her community wrestles with their beliefs and their own inner darkness, Doll…

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane Katherine Howe · 2009 ★★★★☆ 3.7 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate

“Peter Petford slipped a long wooden spoon into the simmering iron pot of lentils hanging over the fire and tried to push the worry from his stomach.”

A spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American history--the Salem witch trials. Harvard graduate student Connie…