The Wax Child by Olga Ravn

This time we're reading **[The Wax Child](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223962951)** by Olga Ravn (176 pgs). Hope to see you then! *About the book:* Based on a real-life seventeenth century Danish witch trial, *The Wax Child* tells in vivid prose the story of Christenze Kruckow, a noblewoman long pursued by a scandal of sorcery. People whisper that in her wake one finds illness, death, and unsettling behaviour by pigs and cats. Some even say she once fashioned out of wax a child, an instrument of the most sinister magic. Christenze will flee the rumours to Aalborg, that great city of seawater and mist. But even there suspicion and fear rule, and once a rumour of witchcraft has taken hold, it can prove hard to shake… **Because Meetup charges organizers like me $389.76 annually, there is a $1 suggested donation. If you'd like to contribute, you can do so at the meetup or by venmo (I'll post the info afterwards).**