the curse of Hester Gardens

"Nona McKinley raised three boys in the Hester Gardens section of Medford, Michigan, an impoverished community divided by those who follow their faith in God and those who turn to crime to survive. With her drug dealer husband behind bars and her eldest son shot to death at eighteen, Nona has devote...

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Main Author: Thompson, Tamika (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Erewhon Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp., [2026]
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Summary:"Nona McKinley raised three boys in the Hester Gardens section of Medford, Michigan, an impoverished community divided by those who follow their faith in God and those who turn to crime to survive. With her drug dealer husband behind bars and her eldest son shot to death at eighteen, Nona has devoted herself to ensuring her other children escape their brother's fate. Her second son Marcus is on the right path. He's a valedictorian heading to an Ivy League school. He can get out. But then, strange things start happening to Nona and other residents: mysterious footsteps are heard when she's alone, people have phantom encounters in the streets, unattended appliances go off at all hours. Even more concerning is the state of Nona's living sons. Her youngest, Lance, is hanging around with a bad crowd, and Marcus becomes moody and secretive. Sometimes he even seems to act like a different person entirely. Nona has her secrets too. Her affair with the married church pastor has been weighing on her conscience, but that's not the only guilt haunting her. She fears that someone--or something--is seeking revenge for an act she made in a moment of weakness to protect her family. And now everyone in Hester Gardens must pay the price... "--Description from author's website https://www.tamikathompson.com/the-curse-of-hester-gardens
Item Description:Includes discussion questions.
Physical Description:437 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-432)
ISBN:9781645663195
1645663191
Author Notes:Tamika Thompson is author of The Curse of Hester Gardens . A former journalist and producer, she is also author of Unshod , Cackling , and Naked , which is the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner for Horror, as well as author of Salamander Justice . Her work has appeared in several speculative fiction anthologies as well as in Interzone , Prairie Schooner , The New York Times , and Los Angeles Review of Books , among others. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she hosts her own blog and newsletter, Tamika Talks Terror . Visit her online at tamikathompson.com or on social media @tamikadthompson.