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A young 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
A sinister and beautifully rendered Southern Gothic, This Cursed House explores the real-life horrors of racism and trauma. Del Sandeens stunning debut haunted me Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching
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Louisiana, 1962
The Duchon estate looms over New Orleans, a crumbling relic of Southern charm. Its walls decaying under the weight of its long-buried secrets.
At its door stands Jemma Barker, fleeing the frozen streets of Chicago and a past she wont talk about. But Jemma wasnt invited. She was summoned.
Inside await the light-skinned Duchons, bound by a family curse. They believe Jemma is the one who will save them. Never mind her darker skin, a shade theyve always scorned.
But their curse isnt just supernatural. Its woven into generations of silence, superiority, and shame. As the house stirs and Jemmas past creeps in, she must decide: will she be the Duchons salvation, or risk losing herself to their darkness?
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Praise for This Cursed House:
An absolute marvel of a debut from a prodigious talent. A richly atmospheric, utterly chilling ghost story, an enthralling puzzle box of family scandals and secrets that's also an unflinching examination of the insidiousness of racism, the horrors of colorism Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Black Sheep and Such Sharp Teeth
An enthralling, twisty Southern Gothic historical full of family secrets and century-spanning sins. A remarkable debut Eden Royce, award-winning author of Root Magic
An inglorious remnant of American history is handled so deftly that you won't believe it's Del Sandeen's first novel Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor
