WWW of RI Women’s Book Club: Weyward

[CREDIT: Pixabay] The next Women’s Wilderness Weekend of RI Women’s book club in June will discuss ‘Weyward’ by Emilia Hart.

We strive to reconnect with ourselves, other women, and nature. The focus of our book selections for the WWW of RI Book Club centers on Women authors writing about women’s stories, connections, history, nature, and overcoming adversity.

Anyone in the WWW of RI community is welcome to participate regardless of your attendance at our weekend events.

WWW of RI Book Club Rules:

• Please obtain a copy of the book, either by borrowing from the library, borrowing from someone you know, or purchasing. Read the book on your own during the month. Audio books are good too. We will meet at the end of the month to discuss the book.
• Suggestions are highly welcome. The group selects the next book and other suggestions are discussed for future events. Please let us know what you are interested in.
• Please read the book, or at least attempt to read it so you can contribute to the discussion.
• Everyone reads at their own pace, and that is fine. If you finish the book in two days or only get half way through, anyone with interest in the book club can be included.

Any and all conversation is welcome at the book discussions but please be courteous and kind. You can disagree with someone, but always do it respectfully.

You do not need to participate every month to be part of the book club. Read what interests you and attend when you can.

Now-June’s book

Weyward by Emilia Hart

I am a Weyward, and wild inside.

‘Weyward’ by Emilia Hart

2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great-aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she suspects that her great-aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.

1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. When Altha was a girl, her mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as the evidence of witchcraft is laid out against Altha, she knows it will take all her powers to maintain her freedom.

1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family’s grand, crumbling estate. Straitjacketed by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receives–and for her mother, long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom.

Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart’s Weyward is an astonishing debut, and an enthralling novel of female resilience.

Discussion for this book will take place Sunday, June 30 at 3 p.m. at our book club coordinator, Jessy’s, house. Please reach out to her at jessyjakul@gmail.com to be included.