Domestic violence is a huge problem and one in three women will be sexually assaulted by a male during their lifetimes. In today’s world such attitudes and superstitions sound ludicrous but we live in a society that still argues about women’s reproductive rights and the pay gap. Women were viewed with suspicion and wariness. The female body summoned social anxiety because of its very power to give life. The early European obsession with witches illustrated the cultural fear and fascination with women’s innate power which was shadowy and misunderstood. But all across Europe, from Sweden to Germany, France, Spain and the UK, the idea of the ‘witch’ became the blame pigeon for epidemics, failed crops, birth defects and any manner of misfortune. They were the destructive outcome of dangerous folklore. Most people have heard of the witch trials of Salem. ‘Hexenhaus’, my new novel, was released today.
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