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The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - Katherine Howe
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
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A spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American history - the Salem witch trials. Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. But... show more
A spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American history - the Salem witch trials.
Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of Connie's grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, she can't refuse. As she is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the family house, Connie discovers an ancient key within a seventeenth-century Bible. The key contains a yellowing fragment of parchment with a name written upon it: Deliverance Dane. This discovery launches Connie on a quest-to find out who this woman was and to unearth a rare artifact of singular power: a physick book, its pages a secret repository for lost knowledge.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781401341442 (1401341446)
Publisher: Hyperion
Edition language: English
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Joelle's Bibliofile
Joelle's Bibliofile rated it
3.0 The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe begins in 1681 when a mysterious woman is brought to the bedside of a young girl stricken with a sudden illness. The girl’s father regards the woman with a mixture of distrust and hope, and the scene ends before the reader finds out the outcome...
Confuzzled Books
Confuzzled Books rated it
4.0 Fun Thriller With Some Issues... But Still Fun
The main character, Connie Goodwin, is working to get her doctorate at Harvard. As she looks for a topic on for her dissertation her mother asks her to clean out her grandmother’s old home. She finds strange jars full of things, an old bible with a key and the name Deliverance Dane. Her curiosity...
Murder by Death
Murder by Death rated it
3.0 The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
The upside to buying a book on impulse that you later find out from your BL friends is at best an average read: your expectations are set accordingly. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane was an impulse buy at a FOTL sale based on the oh-so-fabulous cover and an ultra-quick scan of the book flap. ...
Toni
Toni rated it
1.0 "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Set in Cambridge, Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts this unique story told with a new England accent flashes back and forth between two time periods: during the Salem witch trials in the late 1600’s and the summer of 1991. This book is definitely a work of fantasy. The general outline follows seve...
 ~*Krissys Bookshelf Reviews*~
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2.0 The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
I don't even know how to review this book as the book is so rich with detail anything or everything pales in comparison. Positive: I really enjoyed the immense vivid imagery. Negative: This book gave me a headache. Result: I forgot the point of the story. I felt like I should be studying this book s...
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