The Witches of New York fully embraces the fantastic side of McKay’s imagination For all its ideas, its imperatives, The Witches of New York is a keenly pleasurable reading experience, and over all too soon. One cannot help but want to spend more time in the company of these witches/5(). ’In the tradition of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange Mr Norrell, Ami McKay recreates not just a historically confident vision of ’s New York, but a richly imagined, detailed subculture of witchcraft, occultism, and sinister dark forces that coexist precariously, in plain sight; stealthily encroaching upon the affairs of the Gilded Age. Skillfully written, peopled with refreshingly authentic female characters and /5(). · AMI McKAY is the author of three bestselling novels– The Birth House, The Virgin Cure, and The Witches of New York— as well as the novella, Half Spent Was the Night. Her memoir, Daughter of Family G was named a CBC Best Book of McKay is also a playwright, composer, and www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins.
Description of the Novel: From the publishers: In the vein of Jonathan Strange Mr Norrell, comes a new novel from historical fiction maven Ami McKay that transports readers to the heart of Victorian New York, where three witches practice their craft—to the . Septem ami. Think Practical Magic with Victorian twist and you'll have a good sense for Ami McKay's latest novel, The Witches of New York. Bookended between the arrival and display of Cleopatra's Needle. The Witches' Yuletide: Ami McKay's Witches, Book 2 By: Ami McKay Narrated by: Ami McKay During the nights between Christmas and New Year's, the witches of New York - Adelaide Thom, Eleanor St. Clair and the youngest, Beatrice Dunn - gather before the fire to tell ghost stories and perform traditional Yuletide divinations.
The Witches of New York is a compelling, fast paced read [McKay's research] shows particularly strongly in the strength of the link she makes between accusations of witchcraft, and their associated punishments, and a deeply ingrained, often religiously driven, sexism.". ’In the tradition of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange Mr Norrell, Ami McKay recreates not just a historically confident vision of ’s New York, but a richly imagined, detailed subculture of witchcraft, occultism, and sinister dark forces that coexist precariously, in plain sight; stealthily encroaching upon the affairs of the Gilded Age. Skillfully written, peopled with refreshingly authentic female characters and hurtling forward at a furious pace, McKay delivers that most. Description of the Novel: From the publishers: In the vein of Jonathan Strange Mr Norrell, comes a new novel from historical fiction maven Ami McKay that transports readers to the heart of Victorian New York, where three witches practice their craft—to the .
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