The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, Katherine Howe
The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, Katherine Howe
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The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs
A Novel

Author: Katherine Howe

Narrator: Barrie Kreinik

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2019


Synopsis

A magical bloodline. A family curse. Can Connie break the spell before it shatters her future?

A bewitching novel of a New England history professor who must race against time to free her family from a curse, by Katherine Howe, New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.

Connie Goodwin is an expert on America’s fractured past with witchcraft. A young, tenure-track professor in Boston, she’s earned career success by studying the history of magic in colonial America—especially women’s home recipes and medicines—and by exposing society's threats against women fluent in those skills. But beyond her studies, Connie harbors a secret: She is the direct descendant of a woman tried as a witch in Salem, an ancestor whose abilities were far more magical than the historical record shows.

When a hint from her mother and clues from her research lead Connie to the shocking realization that her partner’s life is in danger, she must race to solve the mystery behind a hundreds’-years-long deadly curse.

Flashing back through American history to the lives of certain supernaturally gifted women, The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs affectingly reveals not only the special bond that unites one particular matriarchal line, but also explores the many challenges to women’s survival across the decades—and the risks some women are forced to take to protect what they love most.

About Katherine Howe

Katherine Howe is the author of The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs and the New York Times bestsellers The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The House of Velvet and Glass, as well as the young adult novels Conversion and The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen. She served as editor of The Penguin Book of Witches, and her fiction has been translated into over twenty languages. Descended from three women who were tried for witchcraft in Salem, she and her family live in New England and New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katherine on September 13, 2018

I mean. I'm biased.......more

Goodreads review by Debra on February 07, 2019

The daughters or Temperance Hobbs picks up several years after the book The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane ends. Connie and Sam are still together and living in Boston while Connie is a young tenure track professor writing a book. Her area of expertise - the history of magic in Colonial America, f......more

Goodreads review by Corisa on January 08, 2019

Katherine Howe writes the exact type of book I like to read. It’s a bit historical with elements of romance, mystery, and the supernatural all rolled into one beautiful, witchy story. As a fan of the Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, I was excited to jump back into the world of Connie Goodwin. I lov......more

Goodreads review by Nainika on June 06, 2022

(going to attempt to communicate my emotions with a New Girl gif set) I've lost my mind. *sob-laughing* I'm so sorry.......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on January 10, 2019

It’s really hard for me to corral all my thoughts into a sensible review this time. I liked some things about this book but hated others. A few parts would get 4 stars from me, but several would get 1 star, so I guess I’ll settle for 2.75 stars, rounded up. Somewhere between it was okay and I liked......more