{"product_id":"black-candle-women-a-read-with-jenna-pick-9781525899911","title":"Black Candle Women: A Read with Jenna Pick","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eToday\u003c\/em\u003e Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Propulsive and poignant, \u003cem\u003eBlack Candle Women \u003c\/em\u003econcocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder.\" --Ava DuVernay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women, a family curse, and one very complicated year of heartache, miscommunication, and learning to let go.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenerations of Montrose women--Augusta, Victoria, Willow--have lived together in their quaint two-story bungalow in California for years. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray. For the other women have been withholding a secret from Nickie that will end her relationship before it's even begun: the decades-old family curse that any person they fall in love with dies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir surprise guest forces each woman to reckon with her own past choices and mistakes. And as new truths about the curse emerge, the family is set on a collision course dating back to a Voodoo shop in 1950s New Orleans's French Quarter--where a hidden story in a mysterious book may just hold the answers they seek in life and in love...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Sadeqa Johnson, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eYellow Wife \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe House of Eve\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane Marie Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graydon House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.00h x 7.90w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781525899911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022 pg. 93","brand":"Graydon House","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40767086067827,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":32.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6dc4f845-6e64-4204-807a-bf7dde4d1edb.jpg?v=1679576950","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/black-candle-women-a-read-with-jenna-pick-9781525899911","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}