{"product_id":"2940169702125","title":"The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author Katherine Howe returns to the world of \u003ci\u003eThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane\u003c\/i\u003e with a bewitching story of a New England history professor who must race against time to free her family from a curse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnie Goodwin is an expert on America¿s fractured past with witchcraft. A young, tenure-track professor in Boston, she¿s earned career success by studying the history of magic in colonial America amp;mdash; especially women¿s home recipes and medicines amp;mdash; and by exposing society's threats against women fluent in those skills. But beyond her studies, Connie harbors a secret: She is the direct descendant of a woman tried as a witch in Salem, an ancestor whose abilities were far more magical than the historical record shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a hint from her mother and clues from her research lead Connie to the shocking realization that her partner¿s life is in danger, she must race to solve the mystery behind a hundreds¿-years-long deadly curse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlashing back through American history to the lives of certain supernaturally gifted women, \u003ci\u003eThe Daughters of Temperance Hobbs\u003c\/i\u003e affectingly reveals not only the special bond that unites one particular matriarchal line but also explores the many challenges to women¿s survival across the decades - and the risks some women are forced to take to protect what they love most.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100485435632,"sku":"2940169702125","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169702125_p0.jpg?v=1763691301","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169702125","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}