Captivity

PRAISE FOR CAPTIVITY

"With her crystalline prose Deborah Noyes creates characters who feel lit from within and at the same time she teaches the reader to ask different questions, expect different answers. I love the many surprises of Captivity and the way the novel beautifully blurs the lines between the living and the dead, the true and the false." -Margot Livesey

"Captivity is haunting and evocative, a heartbreakingly poignant, emotionally luminescent tale of the prisons we build for ourselves out of expectation and desire. Beautiful and subtly powerful. I loved it." -Megan Chance, author of Prima Donna and The Spiritualist

"Interweaving two tales of passion and deception, Noyes vividly evokes an era of intense fascination with both the wonders of science and the world of spirits. An engrossing novel about an extraordinary time."--Barbara Weisberg, author of Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism

PRAISE FOR THE WRITING OF DEBORAH NOYES

"An accomplished novel, stylistically sharp and metaphorically keen.... [Noyes'] deft telling provides a thoroughly engaging story with an utterly stunning ending that affords the reader much to ponder."-The Chicago Tribune

"In language nearly as beautiful and powerful as Hawthorne's, Noyes tackles passion and Puritanism in a riveting historical tale with timeless overtones."-Library Journal, starred

"Noyes engages with atmospheric charms of time and place, and...delivers an ending revelation that would surprise Hawthorne himself."-Publishers Weekly

"Echoes of Hawthorne abound in vivid scenes and authentic language in this masterfully re-imagined tale, not a retelling but an alternative telling that sweeps one along beyond the point Hawthorne chose to stop and embroiders new characters on the fabric of time. A captivating achievement that teases recollection and delights fancy."- Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue

"[A] worthy successor to Hawthorne's classic, breathing life and sympathy into an enigmatic child."-Curled Up With a Good Book.com

"A wonderful gift...enjoyed every page of this debut novel. The ending surprised me, but that's the beauty of good storytelling. Ms. Noyes captures the heart of the time period, and I think Mr. Hawthorne would have liked this story, too."- Historical Novels Review