She can be sold at any time – and very nearly is. Everything Rue has, everything she does, is conditional – and she knows it. But there is plenty of that fear and it shadows the whole story. Through the entire story Rue is one who stands tall – even when she is bowed down by trauma, grief or fear. The story of Conjure Women is the story of Miss Rue, born in slavery to the healing woman – or conjure woman – Miss May Belle and her man, a slave on the next plantation over. Magnificently written, brilliantly researched, richly imagined, Conjure Women moves back and forth in time to tell the haunting story of Rue, Varina, and May Belle, their passions and friendships, and the lengths they will go to save themselves and those they love. The secrets and bonds among these women and their community come to a head at the beginning of a war and at the birth of an accursed child, who sets the townspeople alight with fear and a spreading superstition that threatens their newly won, tenuous freedom. Spanning eras and generations, it tells of the lives of three unforgettable women: Miss May Belle, a wise healing woman her precocious and observant daughter Rue, who is reluctant to follow in her mother's footsteps as a midwife and their master's daughter Varina.
Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Ī mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing-and for the conjuring of curses-are at the heart of this dazzling first novelĬonjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. Published by Random House on April 7, 2020 Genres: historical fiction, magical realism Formats available: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook
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