Atakora structures a plot with plenty of satisfying twists. isOwnedB圜ollections True title Conjure Women fullDescription 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 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. PublishDate T00:00:00-04:00 publishDateText mediaType eBook shortDescription A 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. Her fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and she was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA from Columbia University, where she was the recipient of the De Alba Fellowship. bioText: Afia Atakora was born in the United Kingdom and raised in New Jersey, where she now lives.Life in the immediate aftermath of slavery is powerfully rendered in this impressive first novel.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) This powerful tale of moral ambiguity amid inarguable injustice stands with Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Through complex characters and bewitching prose, Atakora offers a stirring portrait of the power conferred between the enslaved women. LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 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. I was transported.”-Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of White Houses and AwayĬonjure 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.WINNER OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS 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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