Book Review: 'Hour of the Witch' by Chris Bohjalian
Chris Bohjalian In a March 2021 speech, Michigan Republican Party chair Ron Weiser flung a well-worn insult at Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel. He referred to the trio of powerful Democratic women as "those three witches" who should be "ready for the burning at the stake." Centuries after the Salem witch trials, this misogynist trope just won't die. Hour of the Witch, the newest book by best-selling Weybridge author Chris Bohjalian, is set well in the past, but its witch-accusati...
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