Brilliantly interwoven with both dark themes of guilt and revenge and uplifting messages of friendship and hope, The Lost Apothecary is hard to stop listening to…and even harder to stop thinking about.A fascinating work of historical fiction that examines the lives of women through story lines in present-day and 18th-century London. A trio of narrators give Penner’s characters strong, empowering voices and really make us feel the heartache and sadness they go through. Sarah Penner smartly jumps back and forth in time between 1790s London and the modern era, where a historian named Caroline is discovering the high-stakes tension of Nella’s story. But when a 12-year-old girl walks into Nella’s shop, she threatens to send the whole enterprise crashing down.
Newly heartbroken and betrayed, the novel’s heroine, Nella, turns her apothecary business toward a darker purpose, secretly concocting poisons to help women free themselves from the vile, abusive men in their lives. With crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets, vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time.ĭon’t miss THE LONDON SÉANCE SOCIETY! Sarah’s next spellbinding book about truth, illusion and the grave risks women will take to avenge the ones they love.Īs the characters in this brilliant historical drama know all too well, society has rarely allowed women to be powerful-instead, they’ve had to be deadly.
When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecary’s in a stunning twist of fate-and not everyone will survive. Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, running from her own demons. But the apothecary’s fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. “A bold, edgy, accomplished debut!” -Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice NetworkĪ forgotten history. March 2021 Indie Next Pick and #1 LibraryReads Pick
Named Most Anticipated of 2021 by Newsweek, Good Housekeeping, Hello! magazine,, Bustle, Popsugar, Betches, Sweet July, and GoodReads!
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