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Knopf

9780525658399

STARRED REVIEW

Bright I Burn

Bright I Burn is strongly inspired by Ireland’s first condemned witch, whose 13th-century life author Molly Aitkin imbues with a complex and heartbreaking grit.

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Review of ‘Bright I Burn’

As the 16-year-old daughter of moneylenders from Kilkenny, Ireland, Alice Kyteler has learned to trust very little. Only the surrounding brooks and forests, the gold stashed in her floorboards, and her own mind make the cut. One wrong turn could paint an immediate bullseye on her back: For a woman in the 13th century, a…

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