The novel begins when Rue delivers a baby whose white, scaled skin and black eyes identify him as a bad omen. “You’re not so pretty,” Rue whispered at them. They hadn’t moved from their faithful vigil, staring blind and straight out at the dust motes Rue’d unsettled. 'She stopped again at the dolls, like to see if they had observed what she’d done. 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.
But this new world brings new dangers, and Rue’s old magic may be no match for them. 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. The pale-skinned, black-eyed baby is a bad omen.
And Miss Rue, the only one left to sustain her mama’s curse, found herself afeared of what the river water might dredge up, secret things better left hidden.’ Living water, it swallowed up the old, proud stalks of cotton. ‘After Miss May Belle died, they said the river swelled up fit to weep for her. But how do you escape the ghosts of the past?
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