2024/061: Salt and Broom — Sharon Lynn Fisher

2024/061: Salt and Broom — Sharon Lynn Fisher

"...what you are telling me is that Lowood— that Mr. Brocklehurst —does not sanction the training of witches, but that witches are being trained, and he is only too happy to hire them out if the price is right... There are few respectable occupations open to young women without family, and Lowood’s founder hoped to address that deficiency. Not everyone is suited to be a governess.” [loc. 796-822]

My second novel based on Jane Eyre, following SF romance Brightly Burning: Sharon Lynn Fisher's Salt and Broom retains the original novel's setting in 19th-century England, and presents heroine Jane Aire as a witch.( Read more... )