I loved this book! The characters and the interaction between mother and daughter was terrific. I thought the way that culture played into the generations was great. The daughter did not understand where the mothers ideas came from until she was almost a mother herself! It's interesting to learn the difference between countries as well. In Haiti women are viewed and treated differently than in America. And freedom to one person is very different than freedom to another. I gave it 5 stars but when the final edit is done it will definitely be rated much higher!

In 17th century Boston, an independent, free thinking woman is a dangerous creature. Mary Deerfield is a beautiful young woman, but she’s married to a monster. Thomas Deerfield is a drunken, abusive lout, and when he stabs Mary with a fork, she vows to divorce him. But in a time when people are looking around every corner for witches and the devil himself, Mary, with her ideas of independence and refusal to follow her neighbors’ blind hysteria, is dangerous. She is a woman who must be destroyed