Plantation mistress Amanda Satterfield’s intense grief over losing her daughter crosses the line into madness when she takes a newborn slave child as her own and names her Granada. Troubled by his wife’s disturbing mental state and concerned about a mysterious plague that is sweeping through the plantation’s slave quarters, Master Satterfield purchases Polly Shine, a slave woman known as a healer who immediately senses a spark of the same gift in Granada. Soon, a domestic battle of wills begins, leading to a tragedy that weaves together three generations of strong Southern women.
Rich in mood and atmosphere, The Healing is a powerful, warmhearted novel about unbreakable bonds and the power of story to heal.
- ISBN10 0385534671
- ISBN13 9780385534673
- Publish Date 21 February 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Nan A. Talese
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English