Publishers Weekly reviews Hester by Paula Reed, an upcoming sequel to The Scarlet Letter. In Reed’s envisioning, Hester takes her daughter Pearl back to England, where “…Hester reunites with a childhood friend whose husband is an ally of Oliver Cromwell, and when Cromwell learns of Hester’s magical ability to see other people’s sins…”
The reviewer also notes that “[I]t’s hard to imagine Hester using a word like “cock”…”
Well…yes.
