A Blood Water Paint-style historical YA in prose and verse from New York Times bestselling author Joy McCullough.
Early 17th-Century Rome
For as long as she can remember, Carmela Tofana has desperately wanted one thing:*to be a part of La Tofana's, her mother's apothecary in Campo Marzio, Rome. When she finally turns sixteen, she's allowed into*the inner sanctum: the workroom where her mother and two assistants craft renowned remedies for their customers. But for every sweet-smelling flower extract in the workroom, there's another potion*requiring darker ingredients. And then there's Aqua Tofana, the*apothecary's remedy of last resort. In all Carmela's years of wishing to follow in her mother's footsteps, she never realized one tiny vial could be the death of them all.*
Everything Is Poison is a story of a deadly secret hiding in plain sight and of the women*who risk everything to provide care for those with nowhere else to turn.
