May Book!!!!!

I have decided to pick "The Heretic's Daughter" by Kathleen Kent as our May book. I couldn't place a book club hold on it since there were no copies checked in, so you are advised to place your own hold. There are two publishing years (2008/2009). I think that there are NO holds on the 2009 version, so get that one if you want to get it quick. The book is a little over 300 pages, so hurry!

Amazon's Synopsis: A family's conflict becomes a battle for life and death in this gripping and original first novel based on family history from a descendant of a condemned Salem witch. After a bout of smallpox, 10-year-old Sarah Carrier resumes life with her mother on their family farm in Andover, Mass., dimly aware of a festering dispute between her mother, Martha, and her uncle about the plot of land where they live. The fight takes on a terrifying dimension when reports of supernatural activity in nearby Salem give way to mass hysteria, and Sarah's uncle is the first person to point the finger at Martha. Soon, neighbors struggling to eke out a living and a former indentured servant step forward to name Martha as the source of their woes. Sarah is forced to shoulder an even heavier burden as her mother and brothers are taken to prison to face a jury of young women who claim to have felt their bewitching presence. Sarah's front-row view of the trials and the mayhem that sweeps the close-knit community provides a fresh, bracing and unconventional take on a much-covered episode.