The Mothering Coven

Bertrand has disappeared from the house she shared with seven women -- artists, scientists, and of course, witches. As the women plan a party for Mrs. Borage's hundredth birthday, Bertrand's absence threatens to dissolve the world they've created. Mapping a utopia on the brink, The Mothering Coven creates a language all its own in an utterly original act of storytelling.


Genre: General Fiction

"Ruocco's Coven is an engagingly whimsical tale, graceful and inventive, with its own distinctive lexicon, reminiscent of the works of such writers as Ronald Firbank or Coleman Dowell. It toys with language and knowledge somewhat like the emerald-eyed black cat in the book toys with a large bird. Batting it about playfully. Coaxing something new out of it." - Robert Coover

"Deliriously imagined, The Mothering Coven is a work of wonder. Joanna Ruocco arrives: marvelous, and fully sprung!" - Carole Maso