The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - Softcover

"A sensational debut novel . . . carries on every page Howe's unique passion, wit, intelligence, and spirit."--Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow

"A terrific debut novel . . . a captivating thriller of the hidden powers of women throughout the centuries."--Boston Globe

"Literary alchemy . . . powerful enough to deliver a charming summer read."--Christian Science Monitor

"Howe pairs a scholarly search for a missing book with the thrill of spine-tingling witchery."--Dallas Morning News

"If you need some magic in your life . . . lose yourself in The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane."--Real Simple

"A devilishly delightful read."--San Francisco Chronicle

"A witch story that will leave you spellbound . . . Once in a while, a new writer offers up a hypnotic tale of the supernatural that has the publishing world quivering with excitement. In 2005 it was Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian; in 2006 it was Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale. This summer, The Physick Book is magic."--USA Today

"This isn't the same old hang-the-sorceror tale. It has a bedeviling twist."--New York Daily News

Forced to set aside her Ph.D. research in order to help the settling of her late grandmother's abandoned home, Connie Goodwin discovers a hidden key among her grandmother's possessions that is linked to a darker chapter in Salem Witch Trial history. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.