{"product_id":"a-sure-cure-for-witchcraft-paperback","title":"A Sure Cure for Witchcraft - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Best\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePenelope Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the story of a thirteen-year-old girl, Lilli, who is apprenticing with a healer and mid-wife until her father decides that they will move to the New World when the British put out a call for hard-working Protestants to help settle in Nova Scotia. Lilli attempts to change her father's mind about the move, by doing an incantation, but ends up putting her friend, the midwife, in danger. It is also the story about the belief in witchcraft that was prevalent in Europe at the time, a belief that was brought to Nova Scotia with some of the Foreign Protestants and actually remained in Lunenburg County for a very long time..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary, to this main story, is a small story thread about another(present-day) girl, Lilly. A gift from a neighbour on her fifth birthday sparks memories inside her of this other life she lived in Wurtemburg, and is the story two soul-friends, separated in 1752, being finally reunited 200 years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Best has had over forty short stories published in literary magazines and anthologies. Her first young adult novel, \u003ci\u003eBitter, Sweet, \u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. Her middle grade novel \u003ci\u003eFlying with a Broken Wing\u003c\/i\u003e was named one of Bank Street College of Education's Best Books of 2015, and its follow-up, \u003ci\u003eCammie Takes Flight, \u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the 2018 Silver Birch Award. Her most recent middle grade book, a prequel to the Cammie series, \u003ci\u003eThe Family Way, \u003c\/i\u003e will be released in Spring 2021. Her first novel for adults, \u003ci\u003eGood Mothers Don't, \u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2020. She lives in East Dalhousie, Nova Scotia, with her husband, Brian. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 7.8 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767832412448,"sku":"9781771089777","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d562b15a08380201ec77201350f16fff.webp?v=1780318280","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-sure-cure-for-witchcraft-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}