The Lace Reader: A Re-Read

I first read Brunonia Barry's debut novel The Lace Reader right before it was published as an advanced reader copy. You can read my review here. I decided to re-read the novel after my trip to Salem. I think Barry's Map of True Places captures the character of Salem perhaps more clearly than Barry's first novel, but I think that The Map of True Places is also more about Salem than The Lace Reader. It's strange, but this time reading, I did see some elements of a feminine hero's journey that I...