Kate Tremont's life changes radically after her father's death. Her fathers business associate tells Kate she must decide between her Jamaican plantation in the or the unknown. Kate decides that she would rather stay with her only family, an Aunt and Uncle in Durham, New Hampshire. After a long voyage, Kate shows up unannounced at her Puritan relatives doorstep. They take Kate in, but the adjustment is hard on Kate, her Aunt and Uncle and cousins, Edith and Mary. The Puritan lifestyle is very different than anything Kate knows. As Kate adjusts to life in New Hampshire, she gets to know her cousins better as well as a the Rockford family and is employed as Viola Rockford's tutor. When Viola and Kate find a young escaped slave in the woods, trouble begins as Kate's kindness becomes twisted into rumors and sickness falls on the town.
The Death Doll is a historical fiction novel set in 1692 in the colony of Durham in New Hampshire. This is the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials, and life in a Puritan village is difficult. Kate's character is very interesting to follow as she was quite independent in Jamaica, but clueless as to how the world works. When Kate arrived in New Hampshire, the pacing of the book picked up. The Puritan world seemed to be depicted quite accurately in terms of dress, home life and religious customs as well as how one accusation could place multiple lives in danger. I was surprised at how different Kate's experience was from the women accused during the Salem Witch Trails and the reasons why the hysteria didn't reach someplace so close. After everything that Kate and her family went through, there was a very surprising ending and I wonder if this outcome actually happened to anyone in the past.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
The Death Doll is a historical fiction novel set in 1692 in the colony of Durham in New Hampshire. This is the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials, and life in a Puritan village is difficult. Kate's character is very interesting to follow as she was quite independent in Jamaica, but clueless as to how the world works. When Kate arrived in New Hampshire, the pacing of the book picked up. The Puritan world seemed to be depicted quite accurately in terms of dress, home life and religious customs as well as how one accusation could place multiple lives in danger. I was surprised at how different Kate's experience was from the women accused during the Salem Witch Trails and the reasons why the hysteria didn't reach someplace so close. After everything that Kate and her family went through, there was a very surprising ending and I wonder if this outcome actually happened to anyone in the past.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
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