Rebecca Nurse is Canceled: Salem, 1692

ANNETTE TELLS TALES: Stories from the Past That Resonate with Now, Retold

She is 71 years old, a kind, generous, and religious woman, and she is sick. She has always known that life is short, and that one must always prepare for death, especially in old age. Perhaps, as she lies in bed, her thoughts drift back to the rocky beaches of the seaside town of Great Yarmouth on England’s eastern coast, a home she has not seen since …