A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the bold and passionate heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

Coming October 4, 2022

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“A standout historical… Even those unfamiliar with the classic will be hooked by this account of a capable woman standing up to the sexist and racial prejudices of her time."
–Publishers Weekly

 

 

“This page-turning and poignant novel beautifully imagines the untold life story of the woman who went down in literary history wearing a scarlet letter.”
—Alice Elliot Dark, author of In the Gloaming

“A masterpiece that should be required reading alongside Hawthorne’s classic tale of adultery. Enthralling, ambitions, and a total knockout.”
—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace and The Lions of Fifth Avenue