What the river washed away

Macleod, Muriel2013

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A missing child, a buried tin of coins, and a terrible secret lie at the heart of Muriel Macleod's first novel set deep in Louisiana's back country, where lawlessness still reigns and the voodoo curses and charms of the old world hold sway. Here, 8-year-old Arletta lives with her family in an isolated shack in the woods. Sometimes she sees the white men walking down the track to her home, and knows to hide, but sometimes she sees them too late. Until one day she finds the strength to fight back, with instant ferocity. The men don't return.