A riveting read for YA and adults. This book is a mishmash of historical fiction, romance, thriller, paranormal, fantasy.
Twin sisters Charlene (âCharlieâ) Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were separated as infants. Their parents were killed because they dared to love someone of a different race. Magnolia appeared to be white so was claimed by the Heathwood family. Charlie, having dark skin, was raised in the North by Nana, her maternal grandmother.
The book opens in 1953 with Nana and Charlie taking a train to Eureka, Georgia. Nana is dying and wants to be buried where she grew up. Neither Charlie nor Magnolia know she has a twin sister, but that is about to changeâ¦with horrific consequences. Each sister will have to make a choice that will change her life.
Charlie organizes Civil Rights protests in Harlem. She is brave and outspoken, something not welcomed in the South. She will soon face the harsh reality of being Black in the South and living under the Jim Crow laws. Magnolia lives on a cotton plantation and is part of the white elite society. Her best friend Annamae is the epitome of the âSouthern belleâ, and Magnolia is expected to marry Annamae's brother. She does not know she has lived her life âpassing for White.â
This is a dark story with spirits and curses that the sisters struggle to understand. The ghosts of the slaves are demanding to be heard, to be freed. There are strong secondary characters that the sisters will need to help them fight the family curse.
Twin sisters Charlene (âCharlieâ) Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were separated as infants. Their parents were killed because they dared to love someone of a different race. Magnolia appeared to be white so was claimed by the Heathwood family. Charlie, having dark skin, was raised in the North by Nana, her maternal grandmother.
The book opens in 1953 with Nana and Charlie taking a train to Eureka, Georgia. Nana is dying and wants to be buried where she grew up. Neither Charlie nor Magnolia know she has a twin sister, but that is about to changeâ¦with horrific consequences. Each sister will have to make a choice that will change her life.
Charlie organizes Civil Rights protests in Harlem. She is brave and outspoken, something not welcomed in the South. She will soon face the harsh reality of being Black in the South and living under the Jim Crow laws. Magnolia lives on a cotton plantation and is part of the white elite society. Her best friend Annamae is the epitome of the âSouthern belleâ, and Magnolia is expected to marry Annamae's brother. She does not know she has lived her life âpassing for White.â
This is a dark story with spirits and curses that the sisters struggle to understand. The ghosts of the slaves are demanding to be heard, to be freed. There are strong secondary characters that the sisters will need to help them fight the family curse.
