‘The Good Wife’ by Eleanor Porter is a sequel to ‘The Wheelwrights Daughter’, but I have only read this and it does work as a standalone. I am a person who usually has to read every book if I like the series, so I shall be rooting out the first book too.
A historical fiction story featuring Maggie and Jacob Spicer. They are a couple who have been through the mill. Previously Maggie had been accused of being a witch so they have moved and had a fresh beginning. Everything is going well until the day Jacob has to travel with his master, this means he will be away from Maggie for months. He asks her not to use her healing gift and draw attention to herself while he is gone. Maggie does as he asks but finds her reputation has followed her and is requested to use her healing power again. Maggie realises this will not end well and knows she has a choice to make, stay and hope for the best or go on the road to hopefully find her husband. She decides to travel but by this decision alone she has created a dangerous situation for herself as a woman travelling alone. One thing she does find is that she is free-er than she ever has been in her entire life.
A story that shows us the dangers in the Elizabethan times of superstition and pitfalls of being able to heal using natural remedies as they considered these things witchcraft. The world that Maggie inhabited during this time was fraught with danger for her if she used her abilities. It is also the story of finding truth and love as we see Maggie set off on her way to discover Jacobs whereabouts.
An engrossing story that had me caught up in Maggie’s world and rooting for her from the start.
Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Books for the copy of the book and my place on the tour today.
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