Weyward
by: Emilia Hart
Narrated by: Aysha Kala; Helen Keeley and Nell Barlow
Listening length: 10 hours, 51 minutes
Publication date: March 7, 2023
My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Read for my March 2023 Reading challenge, prompt 3: flowers/leaves on the cover. This one has both!
2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.
1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. As a girl, Altha’s mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as the evidence for witchcraft is set out against Altha, she knows it will take all of her powers to maintain her freedom.
1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family's grand, crumbling estate. Straitjacketed by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receives—and for her mother, long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom.
Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.
While I received a copy of this audiobook in exchange for a review, all opinions remain my own.
This was a creative weaving of three individual stories into one beautiful tapestry of a family line. I just loved the way that Hart put this family's entire history into this story and you really get a feeling for the Weyward women. I would love to read more of her stories if they are all like this. This book has an amazing element of magic in it, plus one of the story lines is back in the times of the witch trials, so you have that working against the Weyward woman of that time. Each woman, in her time, has a problem to work through, and each one works through it in their own way. I love the way that the future Weyward women use the stories of those they find in the past and learn from them. It is a beautiful way to learn from those who have come before us.
Anyway, a beautiful story and one I would gladly listen to again. If you want to give this book a listen, you can pick it up from your favorite book vendor on March 7.
1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. As a girl, Altha’s mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as the evidence for witchcraft is set out against Altha, she knows it will take all of her powers to maintain her freedom.
1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family's grand, crumbling estate. Straitjacketed by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receives—and for her mother, long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom.
Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.
While I received a copy of this audiobook in exchange for a review, all opinions remain my own.
This was a creative weaving of three individual stories into one beautiful tapestry of a family line. I just loved the way that Hart put this family's entire history into this story and you really get a feeling for the Weyward women. I would love to read more of her stories if they are all like this. This book has an amazing element of magic in it, plus one of the story lines is back in the times of the witch trials, so you have that working against the Weyward woman of that time. Each woman, in her time, has a problem to work through, and each one works through it in their own way. I love the way that the future Weyward women use the stories of those they find in the past and learn from them. It is a beautiful way to learn from those who have come before us.
Anyway, a beautiful story and one I would gladly listen to again. If you want to give this book a listen, you can pick it up from your favorite book vendor on March 7.
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