Woods Rita - The Last Dreamwalker - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: From Hurston/ Wright Legacy Award - winning author Rita Woods The Last Dreamwalker tells the story of two women separated by nearly two centuries yet inextricably linked by the Gullah - Geechee Islands off the coast of South Carolina and their connection to a mysterious and extraordinary gift passed from generation to generation. In the wake of her mother's passing Layla Hurley unexpectedly reconnects with her mother's sisters women she hasn't been allowed to speak to or of in years. Her aunts reveal to Layla that a Gullah - Geechee island off the shore of South Carolina now belongs to her. As Layla digs deeper into her mother's past and the mysterious island's history she discovers that the terrifying nightmares that have plagued her throughout her life and tainted her relationship with her mother and all of her family is actually a power passed down through generations of her Gullah ancestors. She is a Dreamwalker able to inhabit the dreams of others and to manipulate them. As Layla uncovers increasingly dark secrets about her family's past she finds herself thrust into the center of a potentially deadly decades - old feud fought in the dark corridor of dreams. The Last Dreamwalker is a gripping contemporary read about power and agency; family and legacy; and the ways trauma secrets and magic take shape across generations.
Title: The Last Dreamwalker
Author(s): Woods Rita
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Barcode: 9781250805621
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 8/15/2023
Category: Historical Fiction