This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!
In this Southern gothic horror debut, a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth. They’re under a curse, and they think she can break it.
In the fall of 1962, twenty-seven-year-old Jemma Barker is desperate to escape her life in Chicago—and the spirits she has always been able to see. When she receives an unexpected job offer from the Duchon family in New Orleans, she accepts, thinking it is her chance to start over.
But Jemma discovers that the Duchon family isn’t what it seems. Light enough to pass as white, the Black family members look down on brown-skinned Jemma. Their tenuous hold on reality extends to all the members of their eccentric clan, from haughty grandmother Honorine to beautiful yet inscrutable cousin Fosette. And soon the shocking truth comes The Duchons are under a curse. And they think Jemma has the power to break it.
As Jemma wrestles with the gift she’s run from all her life, she unravels deeper and more disturbing secrets about the mysterious Duchons. Secrets that stretch back over a century. Secrets that bind her to their fate if she fails.
Published by: Berkley
Expected Publication: October 8, 2024
Why I’m Waiting: The way that y’all acted when the Joker came out, is how I’m going to act when this comes out. THIS IS MY JOKER. And I will do anything to get it in my hands. Please, please, PLEASE Berkley I NEED this. I looked for it at TLA and it wasn’t there and I wanted to cry. Can someone point me to their library division so I can at least get a copy that way. I know the publicity side won’t lol But this sounds COMPLETELY like a me book and I don’t know how to convey that to y’all without rambling or being dramatic lol PLEASEEEEEEEEE
What about you? Have you heard about this? Will you read it? Let me know in the comments!
Oooh nice! I just saw this the other day somewhere…I think it was a Goodreads contest! I thought it sounded intriguing and eerie for sure! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you that someone in Berkley answers your pleas!
Here’s my CWW
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂