Most readers know Mary Dyer as a martyr for religious freedom, specifically Quaker faith. But few of us know her story. Novelist Beth Powning spent years researching Mary Dyer’s life, following in her footsteps, unearthing any documents or mentions in colonial records. In A Measure of Light Powning has eloquently imagined a haunting story of a woman torn by domestic and cultural upheavals.
Reviewed by Beth Taylor