What a discovery! The author is American but also mentions that she now resides in Nova Scotia, Canada. I can't wait to read the second book.Īt the end in the after notes the author mentions that while researching this book she discovered that an ancestor of hers was tried and hung for Witchery on Gallows Hill during the witch trials in 1692. It's full of spells, potions, ghosts and magical creatures. This book unravels slowly almost mesmerizingly which is perfect for this story. The women find themselves caught-up in a mystery revolving around a fanatical clergyman. It's disguised as a 'tea' shop but many women come in looking for a little bit of something extra through 'witchery.' Beatrice Dunn is a young woman who comes into the shop looking for work after a posting for help wanted. Clair and Adelaide Thom open a shop called, 'Tea and Sympathy' in New York City in 1880. The story focuses on three witches 🧙🏻‍♀️ The first two, Eleanor St.

I listened to the audio narrated by the ever-wonderful Julia Whelan! This was a perfect book for the season 🎃 Under the tutelage of Adelaide and Eleanor, Beatrice comes to harness many of her powers, but not even they can prepare her for the evils lurking in the darkest corners of the city or the courage it will take to face them. Beatrice doesn't know it yet, but she is no ordinary small-town girl she has great spiritual gifts-ones that will serve as her greatest asset and also place her in grave danger. Those averse to magic need not apply,' she has little inclination of what the job will demand of her. When seventeen-year-old Beatrice leaves the safety of her village to answer an ad that reads 'Respectable Lady Seeks Dependable Shop Girl. But the profile of Tea and Sympathy is about to change with the fortuitous arrival of Beatrice Dunn. At their humble teashop, Tea and Sympathy, they provide a place for whispered confessions, secret cures, and spiritual assignations for a select society of ladies, who speak the right words and ask the right questions. Séances are the entertainment of choice in exclusive social circles, and many enterprising women-some possessed of true intuitive powers, and some gifted with the art of performance-find work as mediums.Įnter Adelaide Thom and Eleanor St. Determined to learn the truth about the world, its residents enthusiastically engage in both scientific experimentation and spiritualist pursuits. New York in the spring of 1880 is a place alive with wonder and curiosity. A Buzzfeed Best Gift Book of the Year “A dark, atmospheric, and feminist story of three women in New York City's Gilded Age, each determined to thrive in a society hell-bent on keeping them down, and using their coven to do so.' - Buzzfeed INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Respectable Lady Seeks Dependable Shop Girl.

The Witches of New York by Ami McKay