TY - BOOK AU - Atakora,Afia TI - CONJURE WOMEN: A Novel SN - 9780525511502 U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2021/// CY - New York : PB - Random House, KW - African Americans KW - Fiction KW - Plantation life KW - Southern States KW - Race relations KW - Historical fiction N1 - Includes Random House Book Club information with discussion questions; "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2020." -- Title page verso N2 - "Like her mother, Rue is an all-knowing midwife, healer, and conjurer of curses on the plantation of Marse Charles. Moving back and forth in time between the years before and after the Civil War, this novel tells the story of Rue, the families she cares for, and the mysteries and secrets she knows about the plantation owner's daughter, Varina. At the heart of this story is the intimate bonds and transgressions among people and across racial divides, during both slavery time and freedom time."--Publisher. ER -