2019: Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage where she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. 1619: as a girl, Altha's mother taught her their magic rooted in a deep knowledge of the natural world. 1942: as World War II rages, Violet longs for her mother, long deceased. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom. Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, this is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.
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