Weyward by Hart Emilia
I am wild on the inside and a Weyward.
2019: Kate leaves London in the dead of night for the dilapidated Weyward Cottage she inherited from a grand-aunt she hardly recalls. With its sprawling lawn and cascading ivy, the cottage is a far cry from the controlling partner who tormented Kate. Yet she starts to wonder if her great-aunt was hiding something. One that has been kept hidden in the cottage’s foundation ever since the 17th century’s witch hunts.
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Altha is awaiting trial for the slaying of a local farmer killed by his herd in a stampede in 1619. When Altha was a little girl, her mother taught her a form of their magic that wasn’t based on casting spells but instead on an in-depth understanding of nature. Yet, odd women have historically been viewed as dangerous, and when Altha is being accused of being a witch, she realizes that it will take all of her abilities to keep herself free.
1942: Violet is stranded at the expansive, dilapidated home of her family as World War II rages. She yearns for her mother, who has long passed away and was reported to have gone insane before her death, as well as the robust education her brother obtains. She feels constrained by social conventions. Only a locket with the letter W and the word weyward etched into the baseboard of Violet’s bedroom serve as reminders of her existence.
Emilia Hart’s Weyward, which interweaves the tales of three amazing women across five centuries, is a captivating story about female tenacity and the transforming power of nature.
Kate Ayres, age 29, flees an emotionally and physically abusive relationship in London for Weyward Cottage in 2019. Her Great Aunt Violet left her this dilapidated cottage with its confounding gardens, which she hardly remembers. Kate, who is having trouble remembering her past, eventually learns that Violet has been hiding information from as far back as 1619 and the 17th-century witch trials.
Altha Weyward, who was 21 years old at the time, recalls her mother teaching her about the natural world. She finds herself being accused of witchcraft and facing trial for the murder of a local farmer because women who are different are seen as potentially harmful. She is aware that maintaining her independence will require all of her abilities.
Sixteen-year-old Violet Ayres feels constrained in 1942 and yearns for the freedom and education that her brother Graham is given. She yearns for more information about her late mother. She only has a locket with the initial “W” and the word “Weyward” etched into the baseboard in her bedroom as the only thing she has left of her mother.
Three Weyward ladies in three distinct centuries, each with a similar life story, are connected by an innate love of nature in three separate timelines.
