Weyward is a triple-timeline novel about three women in the same family line with a heritage of nature magic/witchcraft in their DNA. Seventeenth-century Altha is on trial for witchcraft; Violet, a teenager at the beginning of WW2, is hemmed in by her father’s narrow expectations of what a woman’s life can be; twenty-first century Kate is fleeing an abusive marriage. While these women don’t know their history or the power of their family connection, each finds refuge in the same location — a cottage on the outskirts of an English village — and learns to use her power and break free of the restrictions that bind her. A nice feminist fantasy: I found Violet’s story the most powerful and affecting of the three.