![]() Definitely will go on my favorites shelf, and it will take a strong contender to displace this for my favorite of the year. So many things happen in this book, the details, descriptions are incredible, all serve to make this a compulsive read. Their lives during slavery was often beyond terrible and after, the freedom they have still enactes a high cost. War, the slaves stay on at the plantation, now ownerless, and their lives take many twists and turns. ![]() ![]() The story follows a slave conjuring woman and her daughter Rue, which is also my granddaughters name) and the last mistress of the house Verita. ![]() What makes this book so special is that I didn't feel like an observer but was drawn into the story, feeling as if I were a part of what was going to happen. The book covers the period before the Civil War and after. With nary a misstep in plot, tone or character develop, Atakora takes us to a slave holding plantation in the South. This is another book that I would place in that class, another never to be forgotten story. Many years back I read a book, The Healing, that made a huge impression and a book I have never forgotten. My first five star book of the year and a first novel to boot. ![]()
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