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Rootwork

by Tracy Cross

Family, folklore, and inheritance in 1889 Louisiana

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Family, folklore, and inheritance in 1889 Louisiana

Set in a small Louisiana parish in the post-Reconstruction South, Rootwork centers on three sisters abruptly separated from their parents and sent to live with Aunt Teddy, whose hoodoo practice and feared reputation bring mysticism into the family’s upheaval. The description frames their bond through love and differing passions, with ancestral inheritance raising the question of whether this new world will connect them or pull them apart. A racist sheriff and the tragedy associated with him place the sisters’ story within the violence of a segregated society. Family, faith, folklore, and the pressures of racial oppression shape this historical fiction.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in historical fiction set in the segregated post-Reconstruction South.
  • Readers drawn to stories of sisterhood, family ties, and ancestral inheritance.
  • Readers interested in folklore and hoodoo as elements of fiction.

Themes

Sisterhood and familyAncestral inheritanceHoodoo and folkloreRacial oppressionFaith

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Book overview

In the summer of 1889, the lives of three African American sisters are upended when they are abruptly sent away from their parents and the only home they've ever known in a small, impoverished Louisiana parish to go live in the backwater with their mysterious, hoodoo-practicing Aunt Teddy, a powerful woman feared by some and hated by others. United by love but separated by passion, will their introduction to a world of mysticism and magic connect the sisters by way of ancestral inheritance, or will they be driven apart by forces beyond their control after tragedy strikes at the hands of a racist sheriff? A deeply personal story of family, faith, and folklore in the post-Reconstruction era of the segregated South, Rootwork is a suspenseful and heartfelt story of tragedy and triumph unlike anything you've read before.

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