In 1924, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child,
she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now
her new neighbor, a white woman named Charlotte, seeks her company,
and an uneasy friendship grows between them. But Charlotte has also
sought solace in the Ku Klux Klan, a relationship that jeopardizes
Josephine’s family.
Nearly one hundred
years later, Josephine’s descendant, Ava, is a single mother who
has just lost her job. She moves in with her white grandmother,
Martha, a wealthy but lonely woman who pays Ava to be her companion.
But Martha’s behavior soon becomes erratic, then threatening, and
Ava must escape before her story and Josephine’s converge.
The Revisioners
explores the depths of women’s relationships—powerful women and
marginalized women, healers and survivors. It is a novel about the
bonds between mothers and their children, the dangers that upend
those bonds. At its core, The Revisioners ponders generational
legacies, the endurance of hope, and the undying promise of freedom.