Caul Baby: A Novel By Morgan Jerkins

Caul Baby: A Novel By Morgan Jerkins 

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Now in paperback, New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins's fiction debut,  an electrifying novel for fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jacqueline Woodson, that brings to life one powerful and enigmatic family in a tale rife with secrets, betrayal, intrigue, and magic. 

Laila urgently needs to turn into a mother, yet every one of her past pregnancies has finished in misfortune. This time must be extraordinary, so she goes to the Melancons, an old and incredible Harlem family known for their caul, a valuable layer of skin that is the mysterious wellspring of their recuperating power. 

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At the point when an arrangement for Laila to secure a piece of caul fails to work out, she is crushed, yet when the youngster is stillborn, she is dejected and rage. What she can be sure of is that an infant will before long be conveyed in her family—by her niece, Amara, a driven undergrad—and conveyed to the Melancons to raise as one of their own. Bless is extraordinary: she's brought into the world with a caul, and their matron, Maman, predicts the young lady will reestablish the family's thriving. 

Growing up, Hallow feels that something in her life isn't right. Did Josephine, the lady she calls mother, truly carry her into the world? For what reason does her cousin Helena will go to class and meander the roads of New York unreservedly while she's limited to the family's flimsy brownstone? 

As the Melancons' ache to keep up their status develops, Amara, presently a fruitful legal counselor running for lead prosecutor, searches for an approach to retaliate for her longstanding resentment against the family. At the point when mother and girl run into each other, Hallow will be compelled to choose where she really has a place. 

Charming, extraordinary, and page-turning, Caul Baby enlightens the quest for the familial association, the suffering force of custom, and the dull corners of the human heart.