The Women of Wild Hill
A Novel
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- 20,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
A witty, spectacular, and timely tale of modern-day witches waging war on the patriarchy, from fan favorite Kirsten Miller, the author of The Change and Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books.
There are places on earth where nature’s powers gather. Girls raised there are bequeathed strange gifts. A few have powers so dark that they fear to use them. Such a place is Wild Hill, on the tip of Long Island. For centuries, the ghost of a witch murdered by colonists claimed the beautiful and fertile Wild Hill…until a young Scottish woman with strange gifts arrived. Sadie Duncan was allowed to stay.
Five generations of Sadie’s descendants called Wild Hill home, each generation more powerful than the last. Then, in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy, the last of the Duncans, once prophesized to be the most powerful of their kind, abandoned their ancestral home.
One of them, Brigid Laguerre moved to California and turned her dark gift into fame and fortune. Her sister, Phoebe, settled on a ranch in Texas, where women visit in secret for her tonics and cures. Phoebe’s daughter, Sybil, has become a famous chef. Seemingly powerless, Sibyl has never been told of the Duncan bloodline.
Now Brigid, Phoebe, and Sibyl have been brought to Wild Hill to discover their family legacy. The Old One, furious at the path mankind has taken, has chosen three powerful witches to turn the tide. The Duncans will fulfill their destinies—but only if they can set aside their grievances and come together as a family.
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This enchanting offering from Miller (The Change) finds a family of witches fighting the patriarchy on their ancestral home in Long Island. Actor and producer Brigid Laguerre, now in her late 40s, has been estranged from her sister, Phoebe Duncan, since their mother's suicide 30 years earlier at Wild Hill. Neither has been back to their childhood home and both believe their mother's last boyfriend, media mogul Calum Geddes, was responsible for her demise. Now, hearing news of Callum's death at 78, they take it as a sign from the Old One, the spirit that guides them, to reunite and come home. The guests expected at Calum's memorial include fellow billionaires, CEOs, and politicians who have spent their careers abusing women and the environment, and the reader gathers that the Old One wants the sisters to somehow strike back. At Wild Hill, they're joined by the ghosts of their ancestors as well as Phoebe's daughter, Sibyl, a young chef who has been kept in the dark about the family's magic and has yet to discover her own. The plot is bogged down by copious backstory, but Miller breathes life into the proceedings as the women contend with the sacrifices required for their righteous mission. It's sure to appeal to Miller's fans and win her plenty of new ones.
