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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Erewhon Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp.,
[2026]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Thompson, Tamika, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a the curse of Hester Gardens / |c Tamika Thompson. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Erewhon Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp., |c [2026] | |
| 300 | |a 437 pages ; |c 22 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-432) | ||
| 500 | |a Includes discussion questions. | ||
| 520 | |a "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 | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Mothers and sons |v Fiction. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Crime in public housing |z Michigan |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Supernatural |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Horror tales. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Michigan |v Fiction. | |
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