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THE MYSTERY & MAGIC OF WOMEN – FICTION
In BONNIE JO CAMPBELL’s The Waters: A Novel, the granddaughter of an eccentric herbalist and daughter of a mysterious mother spends her days longing for a father and unaware that family secrets, passionate love, and violent men will upend her idyllic childhood. In TESSA FONTAINE’s The Red Grove: A Novel, Luce’s mother, Gloria, vanishes, leaving her behind along with Luce’s brother and their fragile aunt, Gem. Strange things begin to happen, and Luce must question if the women she admires and their stories might be built on a devastating lie. In SALLY WEN MAO’s Ninetails: Nine Tales, a fox spirit avenges a teen girl by seducing her abuser, a shapeshifting woman finds herself chased through the woods by fox hunters, and an assassination plot called Operation Fox Hunt against the last queen of Korea unfolds. Moderated by WGCU reporter CARY BARBOR.
Buy The Waters: A Novel – Campbell
Buy The Red Grove: A Novel – Fontaine
Buy Ninetails: Nine Tales – Mao