This was my first book by Hendrix.  It's about Fern, a fifteen year old girl who is dropped off at a home for unwed mothers in 1970. Fern meets other girls in her situation and a librarian who gives her a book on witchcraft and away we go.  I have to say that if this was pared down about 150 pages (it was 500 pages), I think I would've enjoyed it more. There were parts that were quite exciting and then big lulls where I was forcing my way through and got bored at times. I did enjoy seeing how the girls leaned on each other through their trials in the house.  You know I don't love the magical stuff so some of the body horror was just a turn off for me.