My Enemy's Tears: The Witch of Northampton

Written by Karen Vorbeck Williams

Narrated by Louise Barrett

She was real. She was rich and beautiful. She was tried as a witch in 1675--and survived.

Based on the lives of Mary Bliss Parsons and Sarah Lyman Bridgeman, My Enemy's Tears: The Witch of Northampton, takes us back to life in the Puritan settlements along the Connectict River, a terrifying wilderness full of warring natives, natural wonders and disasters--portents of God's anger or a witch's meddling curse.

Mary and Sarah grow up amid Puritan superstition and piety, busy with their household chores, one imagining a life different from her mother's and the other eager to marry and bear sons. They spend their married lives in the villages of Springfield and Northampton, where a youthful disagreement festers into a reason to hate and then to fear. As the years pass, one accuses the other of murder by witchcraft, prompting a trial before the Court of Assistants in Boston--17 years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials.

This fictional account of a true story describes two lives in conflict--one cursed and one blessed--and the transcendent power of forgiveness

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: Apr 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094457048

Karen Vorbeck Williams

Karen Vorbeck Williams is the award-winning author of My Enemy's Tears: The Witch of Northampton, based on the life of her ancestor who was accused of witchcraft in 1675. The House on Seventh Street, is a mystery written to celebrate the author’s love of the Nancy Drew Mysteries she enjoyed as a girl, and Pretty: A Memoir, is based on the first twenty years of her life and the perils of being pretty. She is a prize-winning photographer and Master Gardener and before her retirement, spent many years designing gardens. Karen lives in Rumford, RI with her dog Gracie.

Reviews for My Enemy's Tears

[Joyce Harout · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

So confusing. Couldn't follow the story. Sorry I tried but couldn't follow.

[Julie Minich-Castro · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very well written novel about New England in 1600 to 1700. Based on fact, but written in fiction, this book is going to be one of my favorites!

[Natale Michaud · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I am so glad we have a different legal system and laws. To just be accused by a vengeful person and put to death without any wrong doing, was against the bible they preached.

[Becki Basley · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Everytime i read a story like this all i can Think is Living during time must have Been emotionally and psychologically draining. You could literally do everything you were expected to and one jealous vindictive neighbor could end it all by accusing you of witchcraft and you being hung.

[stephen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

That was a good story, well told. This is a fascinating period.