Moving quickly past the Real-Housewives-reality-tv nod in the title, Ellen Evert Hoffman’s Real Witches of New England: History, Lore & Modern Practice is an interesting collection of interviews. Separated into three distinct section, the first part presents a well done and humanized history of persons caught up in New England’s witch trials, particular the Salem hysteria of 1692. The second contains interviews Hoffman conducted with descendants of those accused of witchcraft in colonial New England. In the third Hoffman presents an extensive grouping of interviews with modern-day witches. In this latter section, you will likely find some familiar faces, while others are interesting by dint of hearing how others came to the craft and their perspectives. All respondents responded to a set series of questions (depending on the section) via email. Hoffman does interject the occasional followup question, but the interviews do at times lack a “conversational” feel to them. I enjoyed each of the distinct sections. Each would be interesting enough on its own. Together they constitute a very unique book!