Monthly book discussion featuring works by African-American authors. Email group facilitator Becky Clark at rclark@aurorapubliclibrary.org for the Zoom link and more information.
\nBook description:
\nWhen Jessica marries David\, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant\, attentive\, ever youthful. Yet she still feels something about him is just out of reach. Soon\, as people close to Jessica begin to meet violent\, mysterious deaths\, David makes an unimaginable confession: Mor e than 400 years ago\, he and other members of an Ethiopian sect traded th eir humanity so they would never die\, a secret he must protect at any cos t. Now\, his immortal brethren have decided David must return and leave hi s family in Miami. Instead\, David vows to invoke a forbidden ritual to ke ep Jessica and his daughter with him forever. \; Harrowing\, engrossin g and skillfully rendered\, My Soul to Keep traps Jessica between the desp eration of immortals who want to rob her of her life and a husband who wan ts to rob her of her soul. With deft plotting and an unforgettable climax\ , this tour de force that Stephen King called 'An eerie epic' is sure to w in Due a legion of new fans. \;
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