The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman

The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman — the brand-new series from the bestselling author of Practical Magic.

Once upon a time, women were drowned in the river and the only witnesses were the crows in the trees. The Puritans blamed Eve. That was when we began to meet in the name of Lilith — banished for refusing to do as she was told.

We fly together…

By the 1950s, Cambridge, Massachusetts feels far from the witch trials that marked its colonial past. Ava, a bright young woman from a small town in Maine, arrives for her first year at Radcliffe. There she meets Lauren — wild, brazen, and the daughter of a wealthy Cambridge family. They seem like opposites. They are not.

Both are recruited by the Lilith Society, a secret organization of witches at Radcliffe that dates back to colonial times. As they learn their legacy, they form a fierce friendship and begin to navigate power, love, and a world that still punishes women who will not obey.

McCarthyism hangs over the campus. Girls from the Society begin to disappear. Ava and Lauren realize the witch trials may not be as deeply buried as anyone hoped.

Lush, haunting, and full of Hoffman’s signature magic, The Witches of Cambridge is a story of sisterhood, secrecy, and women who refuse to stay silent. In development as a Hulu series with Noah Hawley.

The first book in a new series