Book Review: Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa
By Doreen Sheridan
March 22, 2024Growing up as the daughter and apprentice of a demon-priest, or Capuwa, was never going to make Amara the most popular girl in her village. But with the British consolidating their power on 19th-century Sri Lanka, her family’s position grows ever more tenuous in the face of the almost militant Christianity the British have brought…