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Curses and Other Buried Things

By: Caroline George
Narrated by: Hallie Ricardo
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Publisher's summary

Blood holds all kinds of curses.

Seven generations of women in Susana Prather’s family have been lost to the Georgia swamp behind her house. The morning after her eighteenth birthday, she awakens soaked with water, with no memory of sleepwalking. No matter how she tries to stop it, she’s pulled from her safe bed night after night, haunted by her own family history and legacy. Now, the truth feels unavoidable: it’s only a matter of time before she loses her mind and the swamp becomes her grave.

Unless she can figure out how to break the curse.

When she isn’t sleepwalking, she’s dreaming of her great-great-great-great-grandmother, Suzanna Yawn, who set the curse in motion in 1855. Her ancestor’s life bears such similarity to her own that it might hold the key she seeks. Or it might only foretell tragedy.

As Susana seeks solutions in the past and the present, family members hold secrets tighter to their chests, friends grow distant, and old flames threaten to sputter and die. But Susana has something no one else has been able to seize: the unflagging belief that all curses can be broken and that love can help a new future begin.

Based on her own family history, award-winning novelist Caroline George’s latest novel is a staggeringly beautiful work of hope.

  • Stand-alone young adult contemporary Southern gothic
  • Perfect for fans of Wilder Girls, Dark and Shallow Lies, and Swamplandia!
  • Book length: 97,000 words
  • Family trees are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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©2023 Caroline George (P)2023 Thomas Nelson

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"A teenager strives to break a generations-old curse in which the firstborn daughter always meets a tragic end in this propulsive story by George (The Summer We Forgot) . . . Sumptuous, dark details increase the creeping atmosphere of this judiciously rendered psychological exploration of blame, healing, and trauma." (Publishers Weekly)

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LOVED IT!!

I loved it. I even listened to the author’s note at the end. I loved the symbolism, and the historical legend/folklore that was woven throughout the story. I LOVED the psychological aspects And the underlying theme of breaking generational curses. It had a kind of a surprise ending with a somewhat apocalyptical feel, but yet still hit the realm of believable as well as symbolic.

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