![]() ![]() ![]() By using horror to exaggerate societal or political cruelty of the time, it can become all the more jarring how messed up society really was and how not-so-different things are present day. It gives voice to many who were silenced in the past, to people whose stories were ignored or oppressed. To see historical eras and events through a new point of view. There are lessons to be learned from the actions and mistakes of the people that came before us, mindsets to challenge our own.Īnd historical fiction is a great way to do that. To see historical events from a fresh perspective, with the passing of time acting as a cushion from the strife and tragedies of the past so you can honestly analyze what was actually going on. ![]() They couldn’t be more different, but they will need each other to put the hauntings of the past to rest, to break a deadly curse-and to discover the meaning of sisterhood in a racially divided land.ĭespite the age-old quips to not focus on the past or to keep moving forward, sometimes it’s fun to look back. They reunite as teenagers in the deeply haunted town of Eureka, Georgia, where ghosts linger and dangers lurk behind every mirror. Now, Charlie is a young Black organizer in Harlem, while white-passing Magnolia is the heiress to a cotton plantation. As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents. ![]()
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