Apr 7, 2009

It's Tuesday - Where Are You? & A Teaser



This week I thought I'd mix it up a bit with Raidergirl's It's Tuesday, Where Are You? along with MizB's Teaser Tuesday.


This week I'm in Andover, Massachusetts. The year is 1692 and my family and I just found out that a warrant has been issued for my mother for witchery. They are coming to take her to the jail in Salem Village in the morning. There have already been many arrests in neighboring villages and even as far away as Boston. My father has tried to persuade her to leave and go into hiding but my mother, being a very strong-willed woman, won't think of it. She plans to go before the magistrate and explain to them how ridiculous their claims are. If only they would believe her. My mother is not the kind of woman to back down and she has created tensions with many of our neighbors who claim she has cast spells on them.



Then another man said, "They say there is one true test for a witch. You throw 'em in the river. If they drown, their innocense is proved. If they float, they're a witch and you take 'em out and hang 'em." ~ page 218 of The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
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13 comments:

  1. Nise' April 7, 2009 at 10:45 AM

    After visiting Salem this past fall I want to read books about this subject. Great teaser.

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  2. TexasRedApril 7, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    Always seemed like a lose-lose system of testing to me.

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  3. kayerjApril 7, 2009 at 11:42 AM

    So you die either way, the salem witch hunts were awful. great teaser

    I am here as well as my teaser

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  4. StaciApril 7, 2009 at 12:02 PM

    Another book where the drowning test is done is Witch of Blackbird Pond, excellent children's book. Loved your teasers....can't wait for your review. I will probably not be able to stop myself from getting this book from the library asap, even though I have 36 checked out right now!!

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  5. gautami tripathyApril 7, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    This was one of my favourite reads of 2008.

    This is my post

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  6. JoAnnApril 7, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    Great teaser...I'll look forward to your review!

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  7. Mary (Bookfan)April 7, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    Yikes! Talk about a no-win situation!

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  8. Jo-JoApril 7, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    Ya, that test makes a lot of sense...NOT! That's a great teaser and I just can't wait to read this one.

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  9. serendipity_vivApril 7, 2009 at 1:18 PM

    I actually was convinced you were writing about a different book which I wanted and then realised it wasn't the same one, so now I want this one too.

    I thought it was The Lace Reader.

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  10. KayeApril 7, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    Just finished this last week and loved it. Great book! Great teaser

    Mine is here

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  11. Catherine @ The Blonde DiariesApril 7, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    So the Monty Python and the Holy Grail rationale on witches is somewhat true. LOL. (floating, made of wood, weighing the same as a duck).

    Thanks for sharing!

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  12. SuzanneApril 7, 2009 at 4:38 PM

    I was always fascinated with the Salem trials. I'll have to check this one out.

    Here's mine: http://storytimewithtonya.blogspot.com/2009/04/where-are-you-and-teaser-power-of-one.html

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  13. MargotApril 7, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    Good teaser. I'm reading a somewhat similar book about the same subject. Very interesting.

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