We don't do a lot of fiction reviews here at Facing North, but we love it when we get a great story no matter how it's told!
In A Westerly Wind Brings Witches, Moira Box gives up on her deeply unfulfilling London environs life and heads out to the furthest edges, to Cornwall, where she gathers around her a coven of like-minded ladies. Together they plunge deeply into the past where women had more restrictions yet also more magic.
Full of mystery and Mysteries, deeply rooted within the glorious landscape of some of the wildest parts of England, gently humorous, and -- yes -- uplifting. This is a story about magic and reclaiming the spirituality of women, rooted within the body and the land yet stubbornly (gloriously!) unconventional.
Highly recommended.
~review by Lisa McSherry
Author: Sally Walker
Moon Books, 2024
pp. 336
