The Familiars: The captivating Sunday Times bestseller, from the winner of the Women's Prize Futures award

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Familiars: The captivating Sunday Times bestseller, from the winner of the Women's Prize Futures award
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stacey Halls
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Historical fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9781785766138
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Zaffre
Imprint Zaffre
Publication Date 7 February 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Fleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time. But as the mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she still has no living child, and her husband Richard is anxious for an heir. When Fleetwood finds a letter she isn't supposed to read from the doctor who delivered her third stillbirth, she is dealt the crushing blow that she will not survive another pregnancy. Then she crosses paths by chance with Alice Gray, a young midwife. Alice promises to help her give birth to a healthy baby, and to prove the physician wrong. As Alice is drawn into the witchcraft accusations that are sweeping the North-West, Fleetwood risks everything by trying to help her. But is there more to Alice than meets the eye? Soon the two women's lives will become inextricably bound together as the legendary trial at Lancaster approaches, and Fleetwood's stomach continues to grow. Time is running out, and both their lives are at stake. Only they know the truth. Only they can save each other.

Author Biography

Stacey Halls grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire, as the daughter of market traders. She has always been fascinated by the Pendle witches. She studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and moved to London aged 21. She was media editor at the Bookseller and books editor at Stylist.co.uk, and has also written for Psychologies, the Independent and Fabulous magazine, where she now works as Deputy Chief Sub Editor. The Familiars is her first novel.