Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka GalchenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is my last read for the Tournament of Books Camp ToB,
and I think this is my favorite, although none were five-star reads for
me.
Johannes Kepler is known for his astronomy discoveries but the context of that work is the era of the plague, and people not understanding disease, much less the universe. His mother Katharina is accused of being a witch in her old age and this is the (fictionalized) story of the trial, largely told through testimonies of her neighbors, who looking back now blame all ailments, failures, and deaths on her. There are also letters from Katharina to her son and others. It is historical fiction, recentering a female character, with some humor and conjecture. The ending was rather fun.
The audiobook is narrated by Natasha Soudek she does a lot of different voices for the characters.
And kudos to me for making it through a historical fiction novel, which is just usually not my thing. 🥴
Johannes Kepler is known for his astronomy discoveries but the context of that work is the era of the plague, and people not understanding disease, much less the universe. His mother Katharina is accused of being a witch in her old age and this is the (fictionalized) story of the trial, largely told through testimonies of her neighbors, who looking back now blame all ailments, failures, and deaths on her. There are also letters from Katharina to her son and others. It is historical fiction, recentering a female character, with some humor and conjecture. The ending was rather fun.
The audiobook is narrated by Natasha Soudek she does a lot of different voices for the characters.
And kudos to me for making it through a historical fiction novel, which is just usually not my thing. 🥴
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