This was almost like two books, I was reading one thing & then suddenly the book changed tone & direction & I was reading about something completely different. At first I didn’t appreciate the time jump, but it all came together & made sense at some point. It made this story something completely unexpected. I’m still not sure if I enjoyed that aspect. 
There’s so much to unpack in this book. You have a young, pregnant runaway who ends up tied to a cultish farm group… then you’re reading her daughter’s story, which is followed by the author of The Scarlet Letter. It’s got those definite witchy vibes that Alice Hoffman is known for, but it just didn’t hit the same tone as Practical Magic for me.