The Heretics Daughter Kent Kathleen
The Heretics Daughter Kent Kathleen A woman condemned by the truth. Sarah Carrier Chapman, weak with infirmity, writes a letter to her granddaughter that reveals the secret she has closely guarded…
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The Heretics Daughter Kent Kathleen
A woman condemned by the truth. Sarah Carrier Chapman, weak with infirmity, writes a letter to her granddaughter that reveals the secret she has closely guarded for six decades: how she survived the Salem Witch Trials when her mother did not.Sarah's story begins more than a year before the trials, when she and her family arrive in a New England community already gripped by superstition and fear. Her daughter saved by a lie.Salem, 1752.
Among them is Sarah's mother, Martha Carrier. As they witness neighbor pitted against neighbor, friend against friend, the hysteria escalates--until more than two hundred men, women, and children have been swept into prison. In an attempt to protect her children, Martha asks Sarah to commit an act of heresy--a lie that will most surely condemn Martha even as it will save her daughter.This is the story of Martha's courageous