6/9/2023 0 Comments Conjure Women by Afia Atakora![]() 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. I was transported." (Amy Bloom, New York Times best-selling author of White Houses and Away )Ĭonjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. It took me into the hearts of women I could otherwise never know. ![]() Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times.Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize ![]() ![]() A mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing - and for the conjuring of curses - are at the heart of this dazzling first novel ![]()
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