I knew that Witchcraft for Wayward Girls was going to be a hard read, based on the subject matter alone. I still wasn't prepared for the emotional battering at hand. This book made me rage and cry and feel right along with the girls in the maternity home. I wouldn't personally classify it as horror, but it is most certainly horrific. The fact that things these girls went through happened to actual people (without the witchy slant) is unconscionable. All in all, a very timely book about a very uncomfortable part of history. 5 stars