: The book explores the lack of rights for women in the 1600s, the struggles of a woman abandoned by an abusive husband, and the tension between traditional healing knowledge and accusations of witchcraft. Characters :
The novel, originally titled Tidelands , follows the story of Alinor, a woman living in mid-17th-century England during the English Civil War. A fГјvesasszony
: Alinor is a descendant of a local herbalist ("füvesasszony") who meets a man on a secret mission in a churchyard on Midsummer Eve. She helps him navigate the dangerous tidelands, a decision that places her in mortal danger in a society suspicious of women with knowledge of herbs and independent thought. : The book explores the lack of rights