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A warm and wry family drama with a witchy twist about four generations of Black women living under one roof and the family curse that stems back to a voodoo sorceress in 1950s New Orleans.
For generations, the Montrose women have lived alone with their secrets, their delicate peace depending on the unspoken bond that underpins their family life - Voodoo and hoodoo magic, and a decades-old curse that will kill anyone they fall for.
When seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, this careful balance is thrown into disarray. For the other women have been keeping the curse from Nickie, and revealing it means that they must reckon with their own choices and mistakes.
As new truths emerge, the Montrose women are set on a collision course that echoes back to New Orleans' French Quarter, where a crumbling book of spells may hold the answers that all of them have been looking for...
Rich in its sense of character and place, Black Candle Women is a haunting and magical debut from a talented new storyteller.
In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many
scholars that a Viking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka,
Sweden, was actually a woman. The Real Valkyrie weaves together
archaeology, history and literature to reinvent her life and times,
showing that Viking women had more power and agency than historians
have imagined. Nancy Marie Brown links the Birka warrior, whom she
names Hervor, to Viking trading towns and to their great trade
route east to Byzantium and beyond. She imagines Hervor's
adventures intersecting with larger-than-life but real women,
including Queen Gunnhild Mother-of-Kings, the Viking leader known
as the Red Girl, and Queen Olga of Kyiv. Hervor's short, dramatic
life shows that much of what we have taken as truth about women in
the Viking Age is based not on data but on nineteenth-century
Victorian biases. Rather than holding the household keys, Viking
women in history, the sagas, poetry and myth carry weapons. In this
compelling narrative, Brown brings the world of those valkyries and
shield-maids to vivid life.
Marie Browning pushes the envelope of Zentangle into the living
dimension of color. Using easy to follow steps, Marie illustrates
over 40 new tangles. More than simply coloring regions of a tangle
design, this book offers lessons which enable even the novice
artist to use a Tombow Dual Brush pen to color delightful Zentangle
animals, plants and flowers.
'Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying
secrets, heartaches, and twists' SADEQA JOHNSON 'A spellbinding
romp. The Montrose women will have you clutching your pearls on
this rollercoaster of a debut' CAROLYN HUYNH 'Written with warmth
and an eye for detail, Diane Marie Brown's Black Candle Women
explores the bonds of family and the magical power of belief to
transform our lives' SHAUNA J. EDWARDS & ALYSON RICHMAN
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of you are cursed, you hear me? An ugly death for the ones with
whom you fall in love' Generations of Montrose women - Augusta,
Victoria, Willow - have lived together in their quaint two-story
bungalow in California for years. They keep to themselves, never
venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells
is an unspoken bond between them. But when seventeen-year-old
Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet
lives are thrown into disarray. For the other women have been
withholding a secret from Nickie that will end her relationship
before it's even begun: the decades-old family curse that any
person they fall in love with dies. Their surprise guest forces
each woman to reckon with her own past choices and mistakes. And as
new truths about the curse emerge, the family is set on a collision
course dating back to a voodoo shop in 1950s New Orleans's French
Quarter-where a hidden story in a mysterious book may just hold the
answers they seek in life and in love... Rich in its sense of
character and place, Black Candle Women is a haunting and magical
debut from a talented new storyteller.
Interrogating the relationship between women and psychosis from a
variety of perspectives, this edited collection explores personal,
literary, spiritual, psychological, biological, and psychodynamic
approaches. The contributors reflect on medieval mystics and
witches, postpartum psychosis, disordered eating, art and
literature, feminism, and male/female differences in schizophrenia.
Women with experience of psychosis, psychotherapists, and a shaman
provide first-person accounts to give the book a personal
grounding. Curated with the intent to expand the way we think about
women and psychosis, the contributors to this collection recognize
that "voices and visions" do not occur in a vacuum, but are
experienced within, and are influenced by, particular
socio-cultural contexts.
Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness focuses on the
question of madness as it is experienced by women within gendered
sociopolitical contexts. Contributors to this edited collection
engage with a diverse range of topics, including black and ethnic
minority women's experiences of psychosis, psychosis in transwomen,
sexual trauma and psychosis, the doctor-patient relationship, and
women's experiences of mental health treatment and recovery.
Chapters span the disciplines of psychoanalysis, sociology, women's
studies, critical theory, and madness studies.
This collection offers a diverse range of perspectives that seek to
find meaning in madness. Mainstream biomedical approaches tend to
interpret experiences commonly labelled "psychotic" as being
indicative of a biological illness that can best be ameliorated
with prescription drugs. In seeking to counter this perspective,
psychosocial outlooks commonly focus on the role of trauma and
environmental stress. Although an appreciation for the role of
trauma has been critical in expanding the ways in which we view
madness, an emphasis of this kind may nevertheless continue to
perpetuate a subtle form of reductivism-madness continues to be
understood as the product of a deficit. In seeking to move beyond
causal-reductivism, this book explores a variety of perspectives on
the question of finding inherent meaning in madness and extreme
states. Contributors to this book are distinguished writers and
researchers from a variety of international and interdisciplinary
perspectives. Topics span the fields of depth psychology and
psychoanalysis, creativity, Indigenous and postcolonial approaches,
neurodiversity, mad studies, and mysticism and spirituality. This
collection will be of interest to mental health professionals,
students and scholars of the humanities and social sciences, and
people with lived experience of madness and extreme states. Readers
will come away with an appreciation of the more generative aspects
of madness, and a recognition that these experiences may be
important for both personal and collective healing.
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Savage Lands (Hardcover)
Stacey Marie Marie Brown
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Interrogating the relationship between women and psychosis from a
variety of perspectives, this edited collection explores personal,
literary, spiritual, psychological, biological and psychodynamic
approaches. Chapter themes include explorations of medieval mystics
and witches, postpartum psychosis, disordered eating, art and
literature, feminism, and male/female differences in schizophrenia.
Women with lived experience of psychosis, psychotherapists, and a
shaman provide personal accounts to ground the book in lived
experience. Curated with the intent to expand the way we think
about women and psychosis, the contributions to this title
recognize that 'voices and visions' do not occur in a vacuum but
are experienced within, and are influenced by, particular
socio-cultural contexts.
This collection offers a diverse range of perspectives that seek to
find meaning in madness. Mainstream biomedical approaches tend to
interpret experiences commonly labelled "psychotic" as being
indicative of a biological illness that can best be ameliorated
with prescription drugs. In seeking to counter this perspective,
psychosocial outlooks commonly focus on the role of trauma and
environmental stress. Although an appreciation for the role of
trauma has been critical in expanding the ways in which we view
madness, an emphasis of this kind may nevertheless continue to
perpetuate a subtle form of reductivism-madness continues to be
understood as the product of a deficit. In seeking to move beyond
causal-reductivism, this book explores a variety of perspectives on
the question of finding inherent meaning in madness and extreme
states. Contributors to this book are distinguished writers and
researchers from a variety of international and interdisciplinary
perspectives. Topics span the fields of depth psychology and
psychoanalysis, creativity, Indigenous and postcolonial approaches,
neurodiversity, mad studies, and mysticism and spirituality. This
collection will be of interest to mental health professionals,
students and scholars of the humanities and social sciences, and
people with lived experience of madness and extreme states. Readers
will come away with an appreciation of the more generative aspects
of madness, and a recognition that these experiences may be
important for both personal and collective healing.
'I really enjoyed this read. It was well written with a captivating
storyline and well developed characters . . . [An] evocative and
tender book . . . everyone who reads it will be enchanted like I
was' reader review 'Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women
concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder. This
gorgeous debut novel is a sweepingly fashioned love story where
romance and rebellion intertwine with fear and family. And the
stakes are epic. I was completely and gladly under Ms. Brown's
spell' AVA DUVERNAY 'A big-hearted debut, with complex, flawed, and
compelling characters I was rooting for every step of the way' E.M.
TRAN 'Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying
secrets, heartaches, and twists' SADEQA JOHNSON 'A spellbinding
romp. The Montrose women will have you clutching your pearls on
this rollercoaster of a debut' CAROLYN HUYNH 'Written with warmth
and an eye for detail, Diane Marie Brown's Black Candle Women
explores the bonds of family and the magical power of belief to
transform our lives' SHAUNA J. EDWARDS & ALYSON RICHMAN 'Black
Candle Women is a compassionate novel about motherhood, sisterhood,
independence, and the reflection and forgiveness required to break
generational curses' DE'SHAWN CHARLES WINSLOW 'Brown deftly
portrays an insular family of women in all of its complicated glory
. . . The spiritual angle gives this powerful family drama a
magical twist that will delight readers' BOOKLIST (starred review)
'Black Candle Women is a bold and tender story about three
generations of women each attempting to find their way amidst the
gifts and curses they've inherited . . . This novel is a wondrous
celebration of womanhood' CLEYVIS NATERA
************************************* 'All of you are cursed, you
hear me? An ugly death for the ones with whom you fall in love' For
generations, the Montrose women have lived alone with their
secrets, their delicate peace depending on the unspoken bond that
underpins their family life - Voodoo and hoodoo magic, and a
decades-old curse that will kill anyone they fall for. When
seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first
time, this careful balance is thrown into disarray. For the other
women have been keeping the curse from Nickie, and revealing it
means that they must reckon with their own choices and mistakes. As
new truths emerge, the Montrose women are set on a collision course
that echoes back to New Orleans' French Quarter, where a crumbling
book of spells may hold the answers that all of them have been
looking for... Rich in its sense of character and place, Black
Candle Women is a haunting and magical debut from a talented new
storyteller. ************************************* Early readers
are LOVING Black Candle Women! 'I LOVED IT SO SO MUCH. Magic? A
cursed family tree? Badass women? This was an adventure from start
to finish and it was my pleasure to read' 'What a fascinating story
about some amazing women. I was caught on page one and stayed
captivated until the very end. Bravo!!' 'This book was amazing from
start to finish. I was so captivated by each of the characters' 'I
was invested from the first page and really loved these characters
and their story'
Bridging Minds Across the Pacific offers new insight into
U.S.-China relations by looking at the far-reaching dynamics of
educational exchanges between these two countries. Deng Xiaoping's
milestone decision in 1978 to send a large number of Chinese
nationals to study in the United States has fostered increased
cross-Pacific dialogue among academics. In recent years a tidal
wave of "returnees" who studied abroad have moved back to China.
Cheng Li and this volume's distinguished contributors examine how
these individuals are working to shape their home country,
especially in social science curriculum development,
program-building, and research, and in public policy formation.
This book explores whether sweeping educational exchanges between
these two profoundly different countries have promoted productive
mutual understanding.
Bridging Minds Across the Pacific offers new insight into
U.S.-China relations by looking at the far-reaching dynamics of
educational exchanges between these two countries. Deng Xiaoping's
milestone decision in 1978 to send a large number of Chinese
nationals to study in the United States has fostered increased
cross-Pacific dialogue among academics. In recent years a tidal
wave of 'returnees' who studied abroad have moved back to China.
Cheng Li and this volume's distinguished contributors examine how
these individuals are working to shape their home country,
especially in social science curriculum development,
program-building, and research, and in public policy formation.
This book explores whether sweeping educational exchanges between
these two profoundly different countries have promoted productive
mutual understanding.
This volume examines important aspects of China's century-long
search to provide appropriate and effective health care for its
people. Four subjects--disease and healing, encounters and
accommodations, institutions and professions, and people's
health--organize discussions across case studies of
schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, mental health, and tobacco and
health. Among the book s significant conclusions are the importance
of barefoot doctors in disseminating western medicine, the
improvements in medical health and services during the long
Sino-Japanese war, and the important role of the Chinese consumer.
Intended for an audience of health practitioners, historians, and
others interested in the history of medicine and health in China,
the book is one of three commissioned by the Chinese Medical Board
to mark its centennial in 2014."
Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness focuses on the
question of madness as it is experienced by women within gendered
socio-political contexts. Chapter themes include diverse topics
such as: black and ethnic minority women's experiences of
psychosis; psychosis in transwomen; sexual trauma and psychosis;
the doctor-patient relationship; and women's experiences of mental
health treatment and recovery. Chapters span the disciplines of
psychoanalysis, sociology, feminism / women's studies, critical
theory, and mad studies. As a companion volume to Women and
Psychosis: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, the overarching goal of
this book is to provide an exploration of the unique interaction
between the social and the psyche as it relates to marginalized
women's mental health.
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Blood Lands (Hardcover)
Stacey Marie Brown
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Stacey Marie Marie Brown
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