The release date for the English version of 'The Heretic's Daughter' by
Kathleen Kent is Sep 2008. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
In Salem, Massachusetts, Martha Carrier was among the first women to be charged, tried, and executed for witchcraft. Young Sarah Carrier is intelligent and determined, much like her mother, and she openly challenges the harsh, limited environment in which they both live. Mother and daughter, who are often at odds with one another, are compelled to unite against the superstitious despotism and the growing frenzy surrounding the trials, which resulted in the torture and incarceration of over 200 persons who were convicted of witchcraft. This is the daughter who lived's account of Martha's brave rebellion and eventual demise.
Kathleen Kent is Martha Carrier's eighth generation descendant. In addition to painting a melancholic picture of Puritan New England, she also captures the intense love that a family has for one another in the midst of persecution and terror.