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A captivating imagined tale of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of The Scarlet Letter, mining the legacy of the Salem witch trials

Edinburgh, early 1800s: Isobel, a seamstress, and her husband Edward set sail for New England, in flight from his opium addiction and mounting debts. But, arriving in Salem, Isobel soon finds herself penniless and alone.

When she meets the young Nathaniel Hawthorne, the two are instantly drawn to each other: he is haunted by his ancestors, who sent innocent women to the gallows – while she is an unusually gifted needleworker, troubled by her own strange talents. Nathaniel and Isobel grow closer and closer. Together, they are dark storyteller and muse; enchanter and enchanted. But which is which?



REVIEWS

'In dreamlike yet vivid prose, Albanese weaves a story about nineteenth-century Salem, a place with a dark history where secrets still abound’
Christina Baker Kline, author of The Exiles

'Full of lush and colourful prose… Hester proves that a woman will do whatever she must to prosper’
Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary

'A masterpiece. Rich in detail and hauntingly lyrical… enthralling, ambitious, and a total knock-out'
Fiona Davis, author of The Magnolia Palace


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