TY - BOOK AU - McKay,Ami TI - The witches of New York: a novel SN - 9780062359926 AV - PR9199.4.M4288 W58 2017 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2017///] CY - New York PB - Harper Perennial KW - FICTION KW - Fantasy KW - Historical KW - bisacsh KW - Occult & Supernatural KW - Tearooms KW - fast KW - Apprentices KW - Missing persons KW - Witches KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Manhattan KW - Fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - History KW - Science fiction KW - gsafd KW - lcgft N1 - "P.S. Insights, Interviews & More ..."--Back cover; Originally published in Canada in 2016 by Alfred A. Knopf Canada N2 - In 1880s New York, Beatrice, unaware of her spiritual gifts, applies for a job at a teashop for female occultists run by Adelaide Thom and Eleanor St. Clair and with their help, she faces down the dark forces lurking in the city; New York, 1880. Séances are the entertainment of choice in exclusive social circles, and many-- some with true powers, others gifted with the art of performance-- find work as mediums. At Tea and Sympathy, Adelaide Thom and Eleanor St. Clair provide a place for whispered confessions, secret cures, and spiritual assignations. When Beatrice hires as a shop girl, she doesn't know she has spiritual gifts. As she learns to harness her powers, she doesn't know of the evils lurking-- or the courage it will take to face them ER -