And now she knows she must face her fears – and her ghosts – to find a new way forward for herself and her people.Ĭonjure Women is a story of the lengths we’ll go to save the ones we love, from a stunning new voice in fiction. It has shaped her life and her mother’s before her. What secrets does she keep amidst the charred remains of the Big House? Which spells has she conjured to threaten their children? And why is she so wary of the charismatic preacher man who promises to save them all? When sickness sweeps across her tight-knit community, Rue finds herself the focus of suspicion.
A work of historical fiction, the novel is set in the interbellum rural South. But this new world brings new dangers, and Rue’s old magic may be no match for them. Afia Atakora ‘s debut, Conjure Women, is a vivid exploration of the bondage and power of women. Times have changed since her mother Miss May Belle held the power to influence the life and death of her fellow slaves. The other is that Miss Rue – midwife, healer, crafter of curses – will know what to do.īut for once Rue doesn’t know. That’s one thing the people on the old plantation are sure of.
Casual familiarity was the tone my great-grandmother’s oral history narratives assumed. The pale-skinned, black-eyed baby is a bad omen. Conjure Women: Romare Bearden and the Stories Great Grandmother Told By Kevin Brown An essay-review of: The Romare Bearden Reader, edited by Robert G. But how do you escape the ghosts of the past?
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