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Rhodes, Jewell Parker.
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Laveau, Marie, 1794-1881 -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Fiction
Mambos (Voodooism) -- Fiction.
Vodou -- Fiction.
New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction.
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Rhodes, Jewell Parker.
Laveau, Marie, 1794-1881 -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Fiction
Mambos (Voodooism) -- Fiction.
Vodou -- Fiction.
New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction.
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Voodoo dreams : a novel of
Marie
Laveau
/ Jewell Parker Rhodes.
by
Rhodes, Jewell Parker.
Picador USA, ℗1993.
Call #:
FICTION
RHO
Subjects
Laveau
,
Marie
,
1794-1881
--
Fiction
.
Women, Black
--
Fiction
Mambos (Voodooism)
--
Fiction
.
Vodou
--
Fiction
.
New Orleans (La.)
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780312119317 (trade pbk.)
0312119313 (trade pbk.)
Description:
436 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
"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 voodooienne, 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 Grandmere 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 Grandmere 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 storytelling, Voodoo Dreams marks the debut of an important new voice in
fiction
."--From publisher.
Genre:
Biographical
fiction
.
Black
fiction
.
First novel.
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Woodlawn Public Library
Adult Black Fiction
FICTION RHO
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