Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook405 pages5 hours
The Winter Sisters
By Tim Westover
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
A stuffy big-city doctor. Three rural folk healers. An unexpected partnership could put lives on the line…
Georgia, 1822. Dr. Aubrey Waycross puts his faith in science, not superstition. So when he moves to a remote mountain town, he's dismayed to see the townsfolk reject his scientific blood-letting methods in favor of potions and witchcraft. And with a rabid panther stalking the area, he's running out of time to convince the citizens of the error of their ways.
Confronting the trio of spell-peddling sisters, he's stunned to find their herbal remedies may contain the missing ingredient he needs for a cure. But with the local pastor hellbent on driving them out and the youngest sister unwilling to share her mysterious abilities, he worries he could lose the sick to madness and death.
Can Dr. Waycross discover the right combination of science and sorcery to save the townspeople?
The Winter Sisters is a spellbinding frontier-America historical fantasy. If you like unique twists on history, complex characters, and a touch of enchantment, then you'll love Tim Westover's richly woven tale.
US Selfies Winner (Publishers Weekly and Booklife)
Foreword Reviews INDIES 2019 Gold Winner for Fantasy
2019 Authors Circle Fiction Book of the Year Award
IPPY's Bronze Medal for Best Southeast Regional Fiction
"A mesmerizing gem of a novel. The author's talent for conveying beauty is striking, [and] his talent for conveying tension, conflict, and fear is equally impressive and used with great skill. This is a fine example of Southern literature at its most moving and vivid and beautiful."-Southern Literary Review, November 2019 Read of the Month
"Historical fiction fans will be riveted by this immersive portrait of medicine and superstition in 19th-century rural Georgia. Great for fans of Adriana Trigiani, Jennifer Chiaverini."-The BookLife Review, Editor's Choice
"Solid writing and strong characters buoy this examination of a captivating moment in American history when old beliefs encountered the new. An enthralling, cozy tale set in an era when folklore reigned over science." -Kirkus Reviews
"The Winter Sisters is a spellbinding frontier-America historical fantasy that showcases author Tim Westover's genuine flair for originality and a distinctively engaging narrative storytelling style. With its unique twists on history and deftly crafted characters, The Winter Sisters will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to community library General Fiction collections" -Midwest Book Review
"A well-plotted, perfectly paced novel whose chapters paint a colorful portrait of the frontier town of Lawrenceville, Georgia and its residents. What begins as a story of the clash between so-called scientific and folk medicine in the second decade of the nineteenth century turns, by the end, into a much more profound reflection on the role that personal belief plays in how people of any time or place conduct their lives." -The BookLife Prize, 9.75 / 10
"Amid Lawrenceville's shenanigans and swirling fears, a witty, tender story arises and unexpected partnerships form.... The Winter Sisters is an entertaining historical fantasy in which lives change and minds open." -Foreword Clarion Reviews, 5 stars
Unavailable
Related to The Winter Sisters
Related ebooks
Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women If I Told You Once: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hold Back the Stars: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Here Lies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Stolen Child: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hag Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bubble Reputation: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Butcher's Hook Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Praline Woman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsField Notes on Letting Go: A Memoir of Truth-Seeking, Healing, and Personal Freedom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeloved Poison: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Virginia Woolf in Manhattan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hourglass Factory: A Novel Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Things I Came Here With: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Witch of Belladonna Bay: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Blue Orchard: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hemlock Cure: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rainsongs: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFairy Boots Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCity of Incurable Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lucia Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Savage Instinct Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Season of Embers: The Bonded, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Library of Light and Shadow: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One Night, New York: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeheld Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Brightfellow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tooth of the Covenant Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Memory Garden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
General Fiction For You
The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iliad of Homer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mythos Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Canterbury Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dry: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anonymous Sex Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Candy House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Sister's Keeper: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Recital of the Dark Verses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Episode 3.5: ‘Vicious’ by VE Schwab 0% found this document usefulBooksellers Recommend Books Outside Their Usual Genres (2.11) 0% found this document useful12. The Wisdom of Evergreens and the Cailleach in Winter Folklore 0% found this document usefulEpisode #86: Art Fact and Fiction: Are Georgia O'Keeffe's Paintings References to the Female Body? (S10E03) 0% found this document usefulInterview with thriller writer Alice Feeney: Alice talks about her latest dark and twisty book 0% found this document usefulJuly's biggest new books!: The books coming out in July we can't wait to read 0% found this document usefulNatalie Haynes: Michael Fynan speaks with Natalie Haynes, author … 0% found this document usefulVikings and witches with Genevieve Gornichec: The debut author talks about The Witch's Heart 0% found this document usefulTalking queer witch romance with Lana Harper: Lana Harper discuses her new book Payback's a Witch 0% found this document usefulLGBTQ+ Coming of Age Stories: Featuring "Two Boys Kissing" by David Levithan and "Boy Erased" by Garrard Conley 0% found this document usefulAmanda Gorman’s Poetry Slays Monsters 0% found this document usefulEpisode 3.1: ‘Ninth House’ by Leigh Bardugo 0% found this document usefulRecovering Identity: Angeline Boulley Calls for a Reckoning 0% found this document usefulOlga Tokarczuk - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 0% found this document usefulWitchy Season: Tune in as Katie and Kendra discuss witchy books perfect for spooky season! 0% found this document usefulIntroducing: Ghost Church by Jamie Loftus 100% found this document usefulHillbilly Deadtime Stories Ep 79 Dragsholm Castle 0% found this document usefulE89: Isabel Canas and THE VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE 0% found this document useful
Related articles
The Postmenopausal Fairy Tale The Paris ReviewArticle
The Postmenopausal Fairy Tale
Feb 4, 2019
9 min readNovel Reimagines Homer's Malevolent Witch Circe As Powerful Feminist Deity NPRArticle
Novel Reimagines Homer's Malevolent Witch Circe As Powerful Feminist Deity
Apr 23, 2018
6 min readWhat Being a Dancer Does to Your Relationship with Food Literary HubArticle
What Being a Dancer Does to Your Relationship with Food
Apr 15, 2020
5 min readThe Once And Future Witches SFXArticle
The Once And Future Witches
Nov 4, 2020
2 min readEmily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia Of Faeries SFXArticle
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia Of Faeries
Dec 28, 2022
1 min read'The Radium Girls' Is Haunted By Glowing Ghosts NPRArticle
'The Radium Girls' Is Haunted By Glowing Ghosts
Apr 27, 2017
2 min readIn 1960s New York, Witchy Women Learn 'The Rules Of Magic' NPRArticle
In 1960s New York, Witchy Women Learn 'The Rules Of Magic'
Oct 8, 2017
2 min read'Moon Witch, Spider King' Is A Rare Sequel That Is Better Than Its Predecessor NPRArticle
'Moon Witch, Spider King' Is A Rare Sequel That Is Better Than Its Predecessor
Feb 15, 2022
3 min read'Snow Child' Conveys Alaska's Wild Magic In Musical Form NPRArticle
'Snow Child' Conveys Alaska's Wild Magic In Musical Form
May 2, 2018
3 min readA Woman Is Committed To An Asylum For Thinking In 'The Woman They Could Not Silence' NPRArticle
A Woman Is Committed To An Asylum For Thinking In 'The Woman They Could Not Silence'
Jun 23, 2021
2 min readMark Z. Barabak: Feinstein Is Not Going To Quit The Senate. Ever. Just Ask Her Biographer Los Angeles TimesArticle
Mark Z. Barabak: Feinstein Is Not Going To Quit The Senate. Ever. Just Ask Her Biographer
May 22, 2023
5 min read8 Books That NPR Critics And Staff Were Eager To Tell You About In 2022 NPRArticle
8 Books That NPR Critics And Staff Were Eager To Tell You About In 2022
Dec 5, 2022
3 min read'Ninth House' Keeps Watch Over Bloody Mysteries NPRArticle
'Ninth House' Keeps Watch Over Bloody Mysteries
Oct 6, 2019
4 min readThe Volcano That Shrouded the Earth and Gave Birth to a Monster NautilusArticle
The Volcano That Shrouded the Earth and Gave Birth to a Monster
Oct 5, 2017
Two hundred years ago, the greatest eruption in Earth’s recorded history took place. Mount Tambora—located on Sumbawa Island in the East Indies—blew itself up with apocalyptic force in April 1815. After perhaps 1,000 years’ dormancy, the devastating
18 min read'The Lost Apothecary' Is A Poisonously Good Read NPRArticle
'The Lost Apothecary' Is A Poisonously Good Read
Mar 13, 2021
2 min readThe Southern Book Club’s Guide To Slaying Vampires SFXArticle
The Southern Book Club’s Guide To Slaying Vampires
Mar 25, 2020
RELEASED 7 APRIL 408 pages | Paperback/ebook/audiobook Author Grady Hendrix Publisher Quirk Books Grady Hendrix writes women beautifully, never more so than in his terrific coming-of-age horror My Best Friend’s Exorcism, so it’s an absolute joy to re
1 min read'Jade War' Is A Magical, Operatic Crime And Family Drama NPRArticle
'Jade War' Is A Magical, Operatic Crime And Family Drama
Jul 28, 2019
4 min readNothing Short of Revolutionary:On Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls Literary HubArticle
Nothing Short of Revolutionary:On Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls
Feb 26, 2018
4 min readCOMING UP IN THE JUNE ISSUE OF writing MAGAZINE Writing MagazineArticle
COMING UP IN THE JUNE ISSUE OF writing MAGAZINE
Apr 2, 2020
1 min readSci-fi, Fantasy, Crime Fiction Blend In 'Lesser Known Monsters Of The 21st Century' NPRArticle
Sci-fi, Fantasy, Crime Fiction Blend In 'Lesser Known Monsters Of The 21st Century'
Feb 2, 2022
3 min readSharp Objects’ Music Contains a Chilling Message The AtlanticArticle
Sharp Objects’ Music Contains a Chilling Message
Jul 23, 2018
3 min readLauren Groff Has A Go Bag And Says So Should You NPRArticle
Lauren Groff Has A Go Bag And Says So Should You
Sep 11, 2023
3 min read'In Defense Of Witches' Is A Celebration Of Women NPRArticle
'In Defense Of Witches' Is A Celebration Of Women
Mar 11, 2022
3 min readKathleen Kent And Laird Hunt On Witches And Wickedness In American History And Literature The MillionsArticle
Kathleen Kent And Laird Hunt On Witches And Wickedness In American History And Literature
Oct 17, 2018
The concept of the witch has figured prominently, not only in American history but in American literature as well. From Cotton Mather’s cautionary essays to Nathaniel Hawthorne to Arthur Miller, readers have been held in thrall by accounts of accused
8 min readIn Haunted 'Florida,' The Storms And Panthers Are Always There. How Will You Survive? NPRArticle
In Haunted 'Florida,' The Storms And Panthers Are Always There. How Will You Survive?
Jun 6, 2018
3 min readMystical Britain Discover BritainArticle
Mystical Britain
Sep 6, 2019
5 min readWhy Do Some Writers Burn Their Work? Literary HubArticle
Why Do Some Writers Burn Their Work?
May 15, 2020
5 min read'Circe' Gives The Witch Of The Odyssey A New Life NPRArticle
'Circe' Gives The Witch Of The Odyssey A New Life
Apr 11, 2018
2 min readMonsters Imaginary And Real Haunt The Caves Of 'The Luminous Dead' NPRArticle
Monsters Imaginary And Real Haunt The Caves Of 'The Luminous Dead'
Apr 7, 2019
3 min readLove Bugs BBC Countryfile MagazineArticle
Love Bugs
Apr 30, 2020
7 min read
Reviews for The Winter Sisters
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews