Cursed Daughters
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Cursed Daughters” is a dark, absorbing family novel about a curse, superstition and the women who carry both. Eniiyi is born on the day her mother’s cousin Monife is buried, and her likeness to the dead woman convinces the whole family that she is Monife returned. Some readers are struck by how real the Falodun women feel, with secrets and old hurts passed down the generations.
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About the book
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK • A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in this wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel about love, female rivalry, and superstition from the author of the smash hit My Sister, the Serial Killer (“A bombshell of a book . . . Sharp, explosive, hilarious.” —The New York Times) A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, NPR, INDIGO, USA TODAY When Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi, on the day they bury her cousin Monife, there is no denying the startling resemblance between the child and the dead woman. So begins the belief, fanned by the entire family, that Eniiyi is the actual reincarnation of Monife, fated to follow in her footsteps. There is also the matter of the family curse: "No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not have peace"—which has broken numerous hearts and caused three generations of abandoned Falodun women to live under the same roof. When Eniiyi falls in love she can no longer run from her family’s history. Is she destined to live out the habitual story of love and heartbreak? Or can she break the pattern, not only avoiding the spiral that led Monife to her lonely death, but liberating herself from all the family secrets and unspoken traumas that have dogged her steps since before she could remember?
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 39 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 21% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 39 | 100% |
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