In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet

 March 8, 2022

St Martin’s Press

Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

Translated from French, Sept 2018

Translated by Sophie R. Lewis

Publisher invite, arc, digital, NetGalley, historical nonfiction

320 pages

3/5 stars

ISBN: 9781250271419

Sara Beth Haring

St. Martin's Press 

Marketing Manager

4/25/22- 4/27/22

 

I didn’t find this book particularly about witches but rather and argument in support of women’s rights and the feminist view. 

The author describes the controversy regarding the decision to bear children. There exists some societal pressure and judgment of women who choose a life without children. She uses the history of witches as a jumping point for a research on shims and pregnancy. 

 

The author is a prolific writer who writes about her negative experience as a child with the medical field and not feeling as if she was seen as a person and not just a patient. I found her to be a judgmental feminist who is quite sarcastic with her views on several topics. Again, I didn’t find this book about witches.

 

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martins Press for providing me with this copy. My review is unbiased and unsolicited opinion. 

 

 

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