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Voodoo Dreams
Voodoo Dreams | Jewell Parker Rhodes
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New Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century is a city overflowing with white aristos, black creoles, and African Slaves, a city that pulses with crowds, with commerce and with the power and spectacle of the voodoo religion. At the center of the ritual is Marie Laveau, the notorious voodoiene, worshipped and feared by blacks and whites alike. Marie's followers claimed that she walked on water and sucked poison from a snake's jowls, that she raised the dead and murdered two men. Voodoo Dreams is the spellbinding story of the woman behind the legend. Raised by her Grandmre in the Louisiana bayou, Marie ventures to New Orleans and begins a journey of self-discovery, hoping to find her lost Maman and understand the visions that haunt her dreams. Instead, she runs headlong into the brutality of slavery and oppression and into the arms of John, the voodoo doctor who promises to teach her what Grandmre will not. As she falls under his spell, John sweeps Marie into a world of voodoo ceremonies, of drama and manipulation, and of sometimes terrifying power. A mesmerizing combination of history and story telling, Voodoo Dreams was Jewell Parker Rhodes first novel and a B&N Discover Great New Writers selection.
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Liatrek
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Laughterhp
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This book has been on my TBR for a while! Thought I would get to it for this Autumn season, but looks like I won‘t!

#voodoo #chillingphotochallenge
#teamstoker #scarathlon - 1pt (408pts)

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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peacegypsy
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Everybody needs a little voodoo intrigue now and then!

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BookladyOnTheMove
Voodoo Dreams | Jewell Parker Rhodes
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From ASU'S own - Jewell Parker Rhodes. Looking forward to this historical fiction story of Marie Laveau.

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xicanti
Voodoo Dreams | Jewell Parker Rhodes
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I'm still seriously bummed my library unsubscribed from Hoopla's audiobook catalogue, but when I went to fill out their comment form I discovered they've added a service called RBDigital. The catalogue isn't as large as Hoopla's, but there's some good stuff on there and it'll let me listen at 2x, so I'll make do.

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SkeletonKey
Voodoo Dreams | Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Possible October #screamathon picks. I'm a slow reader and I probably won't get to them all, but they've been on my list for a while. Drawing Blood is a reread and Richard Layman is kind of just a sex & violence interlude. Werewolves is an illustrated book so that should a quick, fun one! #tbr #october #halloween #horror #booklist @4thhouseontheleft.

PirateJenny What is that book Cannibalism???? 7y
SkeletonKey @PirateJenny - It looks reeeally good. Cannibalism: a Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt. It goes in to all the different kinds of cannibalism in the world, lol. 7y
PirateJenny @SkeletonKey I will be looking that one up. If I don't already have it that is. Thanks! 7y
SkeletonKey @PirateJenny - I'm glad I'm not the only one who has that problem 😂 7y
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