Are You a Weyward?

Our Bookaholics Book Club will get together on Wednesday, July 17 at 6:30pm to chat about Weyward by Emilia Hart. If the gorgeous cover isn't enough to draw you in, below is more about Weyward, which happens to be Emlia Hart's first book. (Emilia's second book, Sirens, will be published in 2025.)

I am a Weyward, and wild inside.
2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great-aunt she barely remembers. With it tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she suspects that here great-aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch hunts of the 17th century.

1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. When Altha was a girl, her mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But Unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as the evidence of witchcraft is laid out against Altha, she knows it will take all her powers to maintain her freedom.

1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family's grand crumbling estate. Straitjacketed by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receives - and for her mother, long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death, The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the Initial W and the word weyward scratched in the baseboard of her bedroom.

We will meet in the Multipurpose Room, which is in the lower level of the Library. Feel free to bring snacks or treats to share. We hope to see you there!