It really paints the perfect picture of the oppressive world women lived in, living solely for the purpose of producing an heir for their typically much older husbands. The disposable nature of being a woman in the 17th century and the immense danger of having an independent mind. The risks that came with pursuing a better way of life. 17 year old Fleetwood Shuttleworth is stuck in her fourth pregnancy in the knowledge that it will kill her, after 3 still births. She's desperate and so when a midwife offers her a promising but dangerous lifeline, she has no choice but to delve into the world of witchcraft and gets tangled up in the Pendle Hill witch trials. Based on real life events but with added creativity from the authors amazing imagination