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Ours by Williams, Phillip B. foodAuthor: Williams, Phillip B. Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 27 February 2025 by GRANTA BOOKS in the United Kingdom. Paperback 592 pages 131 x 214 x 45 576g In the mid 1800s, a fearsome and powerful conjure woman named Saint annihilates plantations in the South to rescue the enslaved. She brings those she has freed to a haven of her own creation: a town, magically concealed from outsiders, named Ours. In this miraculous place,

the shadowy government agency responsible for monitoring extraordinary threats

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the raw and the surreal

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fascinating and sumptuous tome

There was no longer anything to fear from prying ears

I found the book impossible to put down' Goodreads reviewer

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