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January 1986

  • I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salemby Maryse Condé
    3.81 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished January 1, 1986

    At the age of seven, Tituba watched as her mother was hanged for daring to wound a plantation owner who tried to rape her. She was raised from then on by Mama Yaya, a gifted woman who shared with her the secrets of healing and magic. But it was Tituba's love of the slave John Ind...

  • The Upper Room (Mama Ruby, #2)by Mary Monroe
    4.12 avg ratings, 13 reviewspublished January 12, 1986

    The “magnificent, funny, and terrifying” debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of God Don’t Like Ugly (The San Francisco Chronicle). Maureen, a young black girl torn between her mother, the notorious Mama Ruby, whose healing powers and reputation cause people to...