A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials Book

"I will stand by you. You must not be afraid. This is a brave land, Susanna, founded by brave people who never shrank from their duty or their vision of freedom. But this land has a future only if each of us stands up for what is right when it is given us to do so."
― Ann Rinaldi, A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials


review to follow soon.

I really enjoyed this haunting book about the Salem Witch Trials. I found it a very interesting read.

The author combines real events with fiction to produce an achingly sad and beautifully written tale of evil. I loved the book.

I should say it started slow. But it gathered in momentum and I could not tear my eyes from the pages. But this is a book that is a slow burn. There are alot of characters and many have the same name which made it rather con fusing but once you get past that one has quite an interesting read.

Every character in this book is non fiction. Some of their actions have been re imagined by the author and at the end there is additional information from the author explaining what is true and what is imagined. That added to the story greatly.

My favorite book on the Salem witch trials will always be "The Witch of blackbird pond" which is one of my favorite books in general but A Break with Charity is beautifully written with descriptive prose.

You almost feel like you are there. It helped that I was in Massachusetts at the time I read this at an inn with the ocean right behind me. So I read this with the sounds of the sea behind me and the smell of New England all around me. The experience was a great one and I would encourage anyone at all interested in the subject matter to read this book.