Everyone knows me as Isobel now. I have not used the name I was born with for years, yet within half an hour of arriving in Macclesfield I passed my old enemy in the street and heard her say to the woman on her arm, 'My God! Lily Stanway! What's she come back for?"Silk mills and secrets. All of Lily
[Wise Child 01] Wise Child
β Scribed by Furlong, Monica
- Book ID
- 112871259
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0394825985
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β¦ Synopsis
In a remote Scottish village a girl called Wise Child is abandoned by her parents and taken in by Juniper, a sorceress. Under Juniperβs kind but stern tutelage, Wise Child thrives. She learns reading, herbal lore, and even the beginnings of magic. Then Wise Childβs natural motherβthe βblackβ witch Maeveβreappears, offering the girl a life of ease and luxury. Forced to choose between Maeve and Juniper, Wise Child comes to discover both her true loyalties and her growing supernatural powers. By this time, though, Maeveβs evil magic, a mysterious plague, and the fears of superstitious villagers combine to place Wise Child and Juniper in what may be inescapable dangerβ¦.
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