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The Witching Tide

Join us for a book discussion of The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer

East Anglia, 1645: Martha Hallybread, a mute, a midwife, a healer, and servant, has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved seaside village of Cleftwater. But one autumn morning, a sinister newcomer appears in town. The “witchfinder,” Silas Makepeace is blazing a trail of destruction along the coast, and now arrives in Cleftwater, striking fear and paranoia into the community. Within a day, local women are detained. Martha is enlisted to search the accused women for “devil’s marks,” and becomes a silent witness to the hunt. Martha is caught between suspicion and betrayal; between shielding herself or condemning the women of the village. But Martha harbors a secret, the last gift from her mother: a wax witching doll. But the doll’s true powers are unknowable, and the gallows are looming.

Get Lit is a book discussion group for those adventurous souls who would like to read a little something different. A limited number of books are available at the Information Desk on a first come basis.

Get Lit meets outside the library at Adventurous Brewing in Bettendorf. Please note Adventurous Brewing is a 21 and older location. 

Can't make the meeting? Join us online in our Goodreads group Get Lit - Bettendorf Public Library or drop by our Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/bplgetlit/. For more information email jgillette@bettendorf.org.

Get Lit is sponsored by The Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library.