In which we learn why bookmobiles are an essential part of any community and a spell to ensure that our appliances always run smoothly and reliably.
It is the summer of 1970 and Fern, Rose, Zinnia, and Holly are currently trapped at the Wellwood Home in St. Augustine, Florida. Pregnant girls are sent here by their families to secretly have their babies and give them right up for adoption before forgetting that any of this ever happened. They are in control of nothing about their lives, not even their true names. But a visit from the aforementioned bookmobile is about to change everything. Witchcraft and teenage girls, is there any more iconic duo?
I was actually a little bit hesitant to start reading this book. I’d previously enjoyed everything Hendrix has written but I had to lock How to Sell a Haunted House in a closet in the back of my head in order to sleep again at night. Eventually I couldn’t resist the lure of witchcraft any more than a powerless and angry fifteen year old girl could. Everything has a price and that price must be paid. There’s surprisingly little witchcraft though. Not too horrific either unless you’re terrified of pregnancy and childbirth. It’s really about these four girls and the choices they’re forced to make. The true horror being the fact that none of these girls was even over the age of eighteen and several far from it. There were some tears at the end from me but it all ends about as well as you could hope. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is well worth the read.
