Bibliograph

Conjure women, a novel, Afia Atakora

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Conjure women, a novel, Afia Atakora

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Conjure women

Responsibility statement

Afia Atakora

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Conjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. 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. 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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