I have read several books about the Salem witch trials, both
fiction and nonfiction but hadn’t noticed Martha Carrier’s name before I read
this book. Told from the perspective of
Martha’s daughter, Sarah, also accused of witchcraft, the book has an interesting
perspective. I thought it was really
well written and seemed to be as historically accurate as possible. The writer is actually a descendent of Martha
and appears to have done her homework well.
The story starts a year or so before the trials and highlights what the
family’s life was like at that time. It
helps explain why the witchcraft accusations were made towards Carrier and her
family and why people wanted to believe the accusations. The story is actually being told in a letter,
60 years after the trials, from Sarah to her granddaughter but switches very
quickly to the meat of the story, 60 years previous. Anyone who likes stories about this period in
history will probably like this book.
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