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Title: |
Tipping the Balance |
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| By (author): |
Huberta Hellendoorn |
| ISBN10-13: |
9464629371 : 9789464629378 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
216x139xmm |
| Pages: |
150 |
| Weight: |
.226 Kg. |
| Published: |
Aspekt Publishers - March 2023 |
| List Price: |
19.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 9 |
| Subjects: |
Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
| Tipping the Balance was inspired by love for the author's birth-place, Warnsveld in Gelderland's De Achterhoek; the seasons, small farmlets with golden fields, the leafy lanes and rivers flowing slowly through the landscape. Jenneken's life is shattered when she learns that her mother Alida's knowledge and use of herbal remedies is considered to be witchcraft and that she must undergo a weighing trial in Oude- water. Jenneken fears also for her own safety as she has followed her mother's teachings regarding the healing quality of flowers and herbs. Both mother and daughter experience persecution and after a horrific discovery realise that their lives are truly in danger. Their only option is to run for freedom. Where will they go? Will they survive? |
| Reviews: |
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"Set at a time in history when women were persecuted for
their knowledge and wisdom, Tipping the Balance is the entrancing story of the
power of a mother and daughter to transcend injustice. Based on true
occurrences and movingly written, this is a book which ex-poses ignorance but
speaks also of the capacity of the human spirit to endure and to thrive."
-- Paddy Richardson, fiction writer, New Zealand
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