Audio Book Description:
In 1752 Sarah Carrier Chapman, confined to her home and weak with infirmity, writes a letterto her granddaughter, revealing the secret she has guardedclosely for six decades. It is a haunting account of thehorrors that enveloped a NewEngland town called Salem, and compelled Sarah, then justa young girl makes a decision that would change her life forever. A little more than a year before the witch trials will begin, Sarah and herfamily arrive in nearby Andoverto face a community gripped by superstition and fear. With the increase in Indian raids and thespread of the plague, the Puritans come to believe that heretics in their midst areresponsible for their misfortune. Based on the accusationsof a dozen young girls, neighbor is pitted against neighbor, friend against friend,and the hysteria escalates, sweeping more than twohundred men, women, and children into prison on charges of witchcraft-Sarah`s mother, Martha Carrier, among them. Often at oddswith each other, mother and daughter must now standdefiantly together in theface of imprisonment, torture, and even death. Out of lovefor her children, Martha asks Sarah to commit an act of heresy-a lie that will most surely condemn Martha even asit will save her daughter.
