The Witch of Eye

Five things about The Witch of Eye by Kathryn Nuernberger . 5/5⭐️s 1. First, to classify this as a series of essays is a ridiculous understatement. This book is memoir, poem, history lesson, social critique, battle cry, question, and response. Each piece stands powerfully alone - complete in and of i......more

The Witch Of Eye is an intriguing, educational book. I don’t know exactly how one would classify this book, but it had a bit of everything! My one complaint? The narrator of the audiobook was…horrid. They made it quite difficult to get through the book in full, and I found myself switching over to th......more

A book that conjures strong thoughts, memories, feelings, and an inner dialogue that continues after finishing. Thoughts I jotted down while reading: Where myth and religion meet. What is real vs an illusion? chaos vs perfectionism reconciling the past, my own and the collective female experience. me......more

Kathryn Nuernberger writes about witches and witch trials as her area of expertise and, in The Witch of Eye, brings all her knowledge to connect her feelings and events in her life to the witches of the past. In a series of brief chapters, Nuernberger moves from the Bamberg witch trials to marriage......more

I read this book in print format. It was recommended to me by a friend. What a beautiful and thoughtful collection of essays! You can tell that they were written by a poet. The prose is impeccable. I imagine what seems so effortlessly written actually takes great time in crafting. I admire the effort......more