Beloved author Ami McKay is back, bringing us a magical follow-up in the tradition of Victorian winter tales to her mesmerizing bestseller, The Witches of New York.
AMI McKAY's debut novel, The Birth House, was a #1 bestseller in Canada, winner of three CBA Libris Awards, nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a finalist for Canada Reads and a book-club favourite around the world. Her second novel, The Virgin Cure, a Best Book pick across numerous lists, was inspired by the life of her great-great grandmother, Dr. Sarah Fonda Mackintosh, a female physician in nineteenth-century New York. And with her third, The Witches of New York, also a national bestseller, she was recognized by the Globe and Mail as "one of the country's most beloved storytellers." Born and raised in Indiana, McKay now lives in Nova Scotia.
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“The sequel to Ami McKay’s The Witches of New York is worth the
wait.” —Parents Canada
“Beautiful.” —The Chronicle Herald
“The perfect holiday novel for those who don’t resonate with the
modern, heavily commercialized version of Christmas and lean more
toward the Wiccan Yule festival. Or for those who simply want to
escape from the holiday madness with some truly transporting
historical fiction.” —Hello Giggles
“A Christmas ghost story is a tradition that hearkens back to pagan
times and earlier. McKay’s sweet little book about three witches
makes a lovely stocking stuffer.” —The Hamilton Spectator
Praise for Ami McKay's previous book, THE WITCHES OF NEW
YORK:
“A magical little book. . . . Combines humour, the occult and
history into a fascinating and fun novel of women supporting each
other.” —The Vancouver Sun
“Widely considered part of the A-list of contemporary writers,
McKay has created and occupied a vital territory in Canadian
letters, with scrupulously researched historical fiction
foregrounding female characters and lives against traditionally
masculine settings and milieus. . . . 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.” —National
Post
“An ‘enchanting’ read that’ll leave you horrified. Fans of
Victorian fiction will enjoy this outing. All of tropes of the time
are present here: the glamour of the Gilded Age, the tragedy of
prostitutes and Fallen Women, the suffering of the toiling lower
classes, the growing power of the suffragettes and the ever-present
spectres of ghosts, angels and demons. The book is richly
researched, and packed with enticing historical detail. McKay’s
prose is, as always, superb—the descriptions enchanting, the
narrative arcs compelling, the characters dear (or deliciously
sinister, as the case may be). But it is the emotion of the novel
that lingers longest, the pervading horror over the persecution of
women.” —Toronto Star
“Step into an exciting and spellbinding world, brought to us by the
soaring imagination of Ami McKay . . . a celebrated purveyor of
intrigue, dark arts and fascinating fragments of real history. . .
. A dark, atmospheric tale. . . . McKay’s seductive novel unfurls
slowly amidst a miasma of menace, mischief, mystery and mesmerising
magic. . . . This a clever, compelling story of determined,
independent women fighting for a place in a man’s world of
chauvinism, oppression and prejudice. . . . Using the atmospheric
backdrop of New York City on the cusp of monumental change and
packed with the wisdom of the ages and the authority of an author
with a resonant message, this is a rich, chilling and thrilling
story.” —Lancashire Evening
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