Judy's Review:
If you don’t LOVE this book, I’ll eat my (witch’s) hat.
It’s a compelling tale of three women across five centuries; a bubbling cauldron of magic, witchcraft (well, alleged witchcraft) and the secret, hidden power of the natural world.
2019: we find Kate fleeing London under the cover of darkness. She is escaping the torment of an abusive relationship and heads for the peace and solitude of an ancient tumbledown cottage – a sort of bothy, really - in Cumbria. Kate inherited Weyward Cottage from a great-aunt she can barely remember; today it is a deeply atmospheric place with tumbling ivy and a wonderfully overgrown garden.
Its very name holds a clue to its history. In medieval times, women accused of being witches had their own name for themselves - ‘Weyward’….