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Alchemy’s Daughter by Mary A. Osborne
ISBN 978-1-936181-17-9
288 pages, trade paperback
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“Brimming with details of life in Italy during the plague of 1348, this well-researched story incorporates historical information about medieval alchemy, midwifery, and the conflict between science and superstition…”—Kirkus Reviews

Literary Classics 2014 Gold Award
Grand Prize winner 2014 Paris Book Festival

In medieval San Gimignano, daughters of merchants are expected to marry.  But Santina cares only for Calandrino, a brilliant young scholar who is preoccupied with his ancient alchemical texts.  Soon Santina meets Trotula, the village midwife, who challenges her to forget Calandrino and become the woman she is meant to be.  Some say she is a victim of the midwife’s spell, but Santina is determined to follow in Trotula’s footsteps even as calamities strike.

 

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Nonna's Book of Mysteries
by Mary Osborne
ISBN 978-1-936181-16-2
352 pages, trade paperback

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Chicago Sun-Times 2010
Summer Reading Pick

Grand Prize Winner of the
2010 Paris Book Festival

Best Teen Book 2010 San
Francisco Book Festival

In Renaissance Italy, apprenticeships for young women do not exist. Yet in Florence, fourteen-year-old Emilia Serafini dreams of becoming a painter. The odds appear stacked against her until she receives a fascinating book, A Manual to the Science of Alchemy. It once was her grandmother's and Emilia turns again and again to the Manual for guidance. Infused with the mysticism of alchemy, Nonna's Book of Mysteries is an exciting portrait of a young woman who defies convention to seek her destiny.