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001    on1345515880 
003    OCoLC 
005    20221003180233.0 
008    220923s2022    nyu           000 1 eng   
010      2022013554 
020    9781250278555|q(hardcover) 
020    1250278554|q(hardcover) 
020    9781250825162|q(paperback) 
020    1250825164|q(paperback) 
020    9781250285775|q(international) 
020    1250285771|q(international) 
035    (OCoLC)1345515880 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cOQX|dOQX|dIK2|dWHP 
043    n-us-ma|ae-uk-st 
049    WHPP 
050 00 PS3562.I324|bH47 2022 
082 00 813/.54|223/eng/20220323 
100 1  Lico Albanese, Laurie,|d1959-|eauthor. 
245 10 Hester :|ba novel /|cLaurie Lico Albanese. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2022. 
300    322 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester 
       Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The 
       Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of 
       New England's witchcraft trials. Who is the real Hester 
       Prynne? Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying 
       generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in
       the early 1800s with her husband, Edward. An apothecary 
       who has fallen under the spell of opium, his pile of debts
       have forced them to flee Edinburgh for a fresh start in 
       the New World. But only days after they've arrived in 
       Salem, Edward abruptly joins a departing ship as a medic--
       leaving Isobel penniless and alone in a strange country, 
       forced to make her way by any means possible. When she 
       meets a young Nathaniel Hawthorne, the two are instantly 
       drawn to each other: he is a man haunted by his ancestors,
       who sent innocent women to the gallows--while she is an 
       unusually gifted needleworker, troubled by her own strange
       talents. As the weeks pass and Edward's safe return grows 
       increasingly unlikely, Nathaniel and Isobel grow closer 
       and closer. Together, they are a muse and a dark 
       storyteller; the enchanter and the enchanted. But which is
       which? In this sensuous and hypnotizing tale, a young 
       immigrant woman grapples with our country's complicated 
       past, and learns that America's ideas of freedom and 
       liberty often fall short of their promise. Interwoven with
       Isobel and Nathaniel's story is a vivid interrogation of 
       who gets to be a "real" American in the first half of the 
       19th century, a depiction of the early days of the 
       Underground Railroad in New England, and atmospheric 
       interstitials that capture the long history of "unusual" 
       women being accused of witchcraft. Meticulously researched
       yet evocatively imagined, Laurie Lico Albanese's Hester is
       a timeless tale of art, ambition, and desire that examines
       the roots of female creative power and the men who try to 
       shut it down"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Hawthorne, Nathaniel,|d1804-1864|vFiction. 
651  0 Salem (Mass.)|xHistory|y19th century|vFiction. 
651  0 Scotland|xHistory|y17th century|vFiction. 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft 
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