Hester
Hester L a urie Lico A lb a nese Public a tion d a te: October 4, 2022 by St. M a rtin's Press a nd M a cmillian A udio Genre: Historic a l Fiction R a ting: 5 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Summ a ry: A vivid reim a gining of the wom a n who inspired Hester Prynne, the tr a gic heroine of N a th a niel H a wthorne's The Sc a rlet Letter , a nd a journey into the enduring leg a cy of New Engl a nd's witchcr a ft tri a ls. Who is the re a l Hester Prynne? Isobel G a mble is a young se a mstress c a rrying gener a tions of secrets when she sets s a il from Scotl a nd in the e a rly 1800s with her husb a nd, Edw a rd. A n a pothec a ry who h a s f a llen under the spell of opium, his pile of debts h a ve forced them to flee Edinburgh for a fresh st a rt in the New World. But only d a ys a fter they've a rrived in S a lem, Edw a rd a bruptly joins a dep a rting ship a s a medic—le a ving Isobel penniless a nd a lone in a str a nge country, forced to m a ke her w a y by a ny...