Possession

In smooth, scathing, and (at times) unsettling prose that is interwoven with the unique and beautiful culture of Louisiana, Rachel Jackson delivers a touching tale of two Black women who, despite their differences, find an unlikely solidarity in one another. Their time together is fleeting, but they are bonded together irrevocably by the objects (and the people) they’ve chosen as their own. In southwest Louisiana where the heat is home, two ladies share an otherwise mundane dinner that uncovers a dark, long-held secret full of vengeance. One, a determined, love-struck young girl dead set on winning the heart of an inattentive lover, the other, a stoic housewife who grew up in the shadows of tumult and uncertainty. With characters that grip the reader and an undercurrent of action that surges from its start to its harrowing end, Possession explores, in its own unique way, what can happen when the beautiful things we hold the closest take hold of us in return.