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Now She is Witch

The magical and atmospheric novel from the award-winning author

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By: Kirsty Logan
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Some of what they say about witches is true.

She dug her mother's grave in the poison garden so it would stay hidden...

Lux has lost everything when Else finds her, alone in the woods. Her family, her lover, her home - all burned. The world is suspicious of women like her, neither maiden nor mother. But Lux is cunning; she knows how to exploit people's expectations, how to blend into the background. And she knows a lot about poisons.

Else has not found Lux by accident. She needs her help to seek revenge against the man who wronged her, and together they pursue him north. But on their hunt they will uncover dark secrets that entangle them with dangerous adversaries.

From the snowy winter woods to the bright midnight sun; from the horrors of plague to the relief of healing; from lost and powerless to finding your path, Now She is Witch questions the oppositions that shadow our lives. In rich and immersive prose Kirsty Logan conjures a world of violence and beauty in which women grasp at power through witchcraft and poisons, through sexuality and childbearing, through performance and pretence, and most of all through throwing other women to the wolves. This is a witch story unlike any other.

© Kirsty Logan 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

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Critic Reviews

Kirsty Logan's mesmerising and evocative novel represents an imaginative triumph in this new subgenre [of "witch lit"]... There are echoes of everything from the Brothers Grimm to Angela Carter in Logan's deceptively simple storytelling
Logan builds Lux's world with an eye for striking detail...the images snap and sizzle with portent and possibility
One of our national writing treasures, Kirsty Logan's latest tale is a deeply atmospheric, sometimes gory but ultimately uplifting... a story that will hold you tight and not let go
An impassioned reclaiming of female desire. Stuffed, Russian-doll like, with stories...an absorbingly atmospheric adventure
A dark conjuring of a book: angry, powerful, hypnotic, told in prose of dazzling power. (Kiran Millwood Hargrave)
Beautiful......fierce and dream-like...powerful...compelling, haunting, and enriching
Powerful, imaginative, compelling - this is myth-making at its best (Val McDermid)
Spooky, timeless, feminist, inventive, unsettling... this book is every bit as atmospheric and compelling as you'd hope. (Viv Groskop)
A hugely compelling book that seeks to rewrite what we think about witches. Dark, luscious prose wrapped around ideas that have enormous contemporary relevance. Kirsty Logan is at the height of her powers (Heather Parry)
Powerful, beautiful and deeply unsettling. The prose is magical (Sally Magnusson)
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Now She Is Witch was everything I hoped for as a fan of Kirsty Logan’s writing and more. It’s dark, creepy and sensual.

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