Stacey Halls - Familiárisok - soft

Sunday Times Bestseller Fleetwood Shuttleworth, the protagonist of the story set at the beginning of the 17th century, is barely 17 years old and pregnant for the fourth time. She is Mistress of Gawthorpe Hall, but so far she has not been able to give birth to a child, although her husband, Richard, is already desperate for an heir.
When Fleetwood gets her hands on a letter written to her husband by the doctor who conducted her third stillbirth, she is faced with devastating news: she will not survive another pregnancy. He meets a young midwife, Alice Gray, who promises to help and prove the doctor wrong. Alice is accused of witchcraft and Fleetwood risks everything to save her. But is Alice really what she seems? Only they know the truth. Only they can save each other.
"A nuanced and sensitive portrait of a brave and tenacious girl's struggle to find her place in the world. A must read."
- Heather Morris, author of THE AUSCHWITZ TATTOO

"An amazingly beautiful tale - how femininity and witchcraft confront the power that exists... a delightful experience from the first page to the last."
- Jessie Burton, author of THE MUSE and MISTRESS OF THE DOLL'S HOUSE

Stacey Halls grew up in a small town in Lancashire, England and studied journalism at university. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Independent and the Sun, among others. The Familiars is his first novel, with which he immediately became an overwhelming success among historical fantasy readers: it sold more than 200,000 copies in the UK alone, and both the hardcover and paperback editions were on the Sunday Times Bestseller list.
It has been translated into more than twelve languages ​​and a TV adaptation is in the works.