Conjure women : a novel / Afia Atakora.

By:

Atakora, Afia

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Random House, 2020.Edition: 1st edDescription: 400 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780525511489 (hardcover)

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Genre/Form:

Historical fiction.

DDC classification:

[Fic] 23

Summary: Spanning eras and generations, this story 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. 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Fiction	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	Fiction	FIC ATA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003179794

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Spanning eras and generations, this story 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. 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.

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