Weyward by Emilia Hart (HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction, The Borough Press)

Saga about Weyward women, weird, wise, healing women, women who were declared as witches in our past.

The story starts at 17. Century with Altha, who is accused as a murderer and a witch, continues with Violet, an entomologist, and Kate, the modern woman of today, yet abused by her husband, who escapes from him to Cumbria, where she inherited a little cottage from her great aunt Violet.

Can Kate finds herself again, connects with her ancestors, and reveal all the secrets that suffocate her family for so long?

It is a story about emancipation, empowerment, and raising women's awareness. It also describes the violence of men against women and ignorance of times that didn't respect the healing power of nature and balance of duality in the world.

Beautifully written, the novel is poetic and an ode to nature and love.

4/5