I really liked it. Very sparse, as all too many books were then, and quite reminiscent of Downright Dencey, even though that deals with a Quaker settlement and a girl already born into that society. Kit, or Mistress Katherine Tyler, grew up in the care of her wealthy and loving grandfather in Barbad...
I really tended to love books about girls who were different, who didn't fit into the times or places where they lived. I wonder why that might be? That was sarcasm, by the way. This tale of a girl sent to live in Puritan New England, who chafed against the rules of that society, is one I read again...
Re-read after *mumblemumble* years. I found that I'd retained almost nothing about this book, so it was just like reading it for the first time. The thing that struck me most forcefully is how entirely human, real, and well-rounded all of the characters (with the possible exception of Goodwife Cruff...
I’ve avoided this book, thinking it was a rehash of stories about women accused of being witches during the early days of America. It was about women accused of being witches, but it was really about so much more. Kit impulsively hops on a ship to America after the death of her grandfather, leaving ...
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