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The Devil had been Everywhere
The day was March 15th, 1697 and fire and terror had been brought to a small New England village. One woman from this village stands alone in history, remembered now for her reaction to the unimaginable horror that befell her when she entered the woods that day a captive.
But one act cannot be the sum of an entire life...
This is the story of that woman, Hannah Duston. Great suffering followed her family and shaped the person who would eventually swing a hatchet and take many lives, some innocent of any wrong-doing.
Hannah was a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. She lived in a world plagued with uncertainty, death and desperation. Yet she also had love in her life and that love fueled the choices she made, whether they be right or wrong.
Come meet Hannah, the young woman who suffered at the hands of a cruel father. The new wife who optimistically hoped for peace and safety. The expectant mother who is rejoiced to bring a child into this world and yet terrified of the danger birth brings. The devoted sister who has to face a horrifying truth when that relationship ends in tragedy. The devasted mother who commits murder as grief rages through her being. The woman who walks away, freed of her captors, forever altered. Come meet her and ask yourself, what would I have done if it were me?
But one act cannot be the sum of an entire life...
This is the story of that woman, Hannah Duston. Great suffering followed her family and shaped the person who would eventually swing a hatchet and take many lives, some innocent of any wrong-doing.
Hannah was a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. She lived in a world plagued with uncertainty, death and desperation. Yet she also had love in her life and that love fueled the choices she made, whether they be right or wrong.
Come meet Hannah, the young woman who suffered at the hands of a cruel father. The new wife who optimistically hoped for peace and safety. The expectant mother who is rejoiced to bring a child into this world and yet terrified of the danger birth brings. The devoted sister who has to face a horrifying truth when that relationship ends in tragedy. The devasted mother who commits murder as grief rages through her being. The woman who walks away, freed of her captors, forever altered. Come meet her and ask yourself, what would I have done if it were me?
160 pages, Hardcover
Published March 15, 2022
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July 2, 2024
The story of Hannah Duston is so much more than what she did to escape captivity. Where history can seem flat or one-sided, this novel opens readers to the world of this woman’s experience. It’s eye-opening to get a sense of all that she went through - today we would consider it trauma, but for her and other girls and women in Puritan New England settlements, it was everyday life. Thinking of her as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, and friend can shift our perspective on her most famous action. I am grateful to have read this book!
October 28, 2022
I read this book because I am related to Hannah Duston. I felt the book focused so much on childbirth rather than the feelings and actions pertaining to her relations with the Native Americans. I was hoping to learn why Hannah's statue is revered and I do not feel that way.
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