"A vivid reimagining of the woman who insp ired Hester Prynne\, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarl et Letter\, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchc raft trials. Who is the real Hester Prynne? Isobel Gamble is a young seams tress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband\, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen un der the spell of opium\, his pile of debts have forced them to flee Edinbu rgh for a fresh start in the New World. But only days after they've arrive d in Salem\, Edward abruptly joins a departing ship as a medic--leaving Is obel penniless and alone in a strange country\, forced to make her way by any means possible. When she meets a young Nathaniel Hawthorne\, the two a re instantly drawn to each other: he is a man haunted by his ancestors\, w ho sent innocent women to the gallows--while she is an unusually gifted ne edleworker\, troubled by her own strange talents. As the weeks pass and Ed ward's safe return grows increasingly unlikely\, Nathaniel and Isobel grow closer and closer. Together\, they are a muse and a dark storyteller\; th e enchanter and the enchanted. But which is which? In this sensuous and hy pnotizing tale\, a young immigrant woman grapples with our country's compl icated past\, and learns that America's ideas of freedom and liberty often fall short of their promise. Interwoven with Isobel and Nathaniel's story is a vivid interrogation of who gets to be a "real" American in the first half of the 19th century\, a depiction of the early days of the Undergrou nd Railroad in New England\, and atmospheric interstitials that capture th e long history of "unusual" women being accused of witchcraft. Meticulousl y researched yet evocatively imagined\, Laurie Lico Albanese's Hester is a timeless tale of art\, ambition\, and desire that examines the roots of f emale creative power and the men who try to shut it down"-- Provided by pu blisher.
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