Her storytelling is at once intimate and wholly epic. Due was born in tallahassee, florida, the oldest of three daughters of civil rights activist patricia stephens due and civil rights lawyer john d. Racism, survival and the black horror aesthetic, which focuses on the jordan peele film get out. A leading voice in black speculative fiction for more than 20 years, due has won an american book award, an naacp image.
The good house is a novel by american writer tananarive due, published in 2003. Tananarive due tahnahnahreeve doo is an awardwinning author who teaches black horror and afrofuturism at ucla. And khaldun and the immortals oppose jessicas meddling with immortality. She is best known as a film historian with expertise in black horror. In addition to being about a haunted house, this book covers a wide range of topics like family, friendship, suicide, romantic relationships, divorce, and more. Tananarive due is a novelist and a creative writing teacher who has worked as a journalist. Tananarive due is an american book awardwinning, essence bestselling author of blood colony, the living blood, the good house, and joplins ghost. Tananarive due has done it again the good house is a supernatural thriller that captures its reader from the very first line. Jun 29, 1997 my soul to keep is the second book ive read of tananarive due, and i love both books. When it comes to horror, in my opinion, its hard to beat a great haunted house tale. Divorcee angela toussaint moves with her teenaged son corey to washington, where the family has a summer home built in 1907 and once occupied by angelas creole mambo grandmother marie, a suspected witch.
Mar 08, 2018 the main action of the good house occurs during a time when whites own all the land for miles aroundexcept for the grounds of angie toussaints inheritance, the good house. Oct 24, 2010 the scariest book ive written may be a novel called the good house. I published a book called wolf girl finds necromance on the heroine is a biracial black and white werewolf caught between a native american skinwalker and a handsome africanamerican necromancer. Jul 07, 2009 tananarive due is an american book awardwinning, essence bestselling author of blood colony, the living blood, the good house, and joplins ghost. Start your scary sojourn by sampling the work of tananarive due, the acclaimed author of such novels as the between, my soul to keep and the living blood uniquely disturbing stories that effortlessly mix the horror, mystery and supernatural genres. My soul to keep is already underway as a film, and probably as a series. Jun 12, 2009 bestselling author tananarive dues novels about a colony of immortals have won widespread acclaim, including an american book award for the living blood. It tells the story of shori, a 53yearold ina, a vampire like creature whose. Will jessica persuade the immortals that the living blood can be used for the greater good of mankind. The main action of the good house occurs during a time when whites own all the land for miles aroundexcept for the grounds of angie toussaints inheritance, the. Buy my soul to keep african immortals new edition by due, tananarive isbn. Bears favorable comparison to interview with the vampire.
Dues ghost summer, the best of the trio, also works as a ya novel. I found myself, once again, utterly engrossed by the heartpounding odyssey of dawit, jessica, and their daughter, fana. When jessica marries david, he is everything she wants in a family man. Blood colony book by tananarive due official publisher. Tananarive dues the good house presents a fresh take on a classic horror trope. May 04, 2008 the genius of tananarive due is in weaving an imaginative tale so expertly that the reader is convinced she has suspended time and all reason. If you enjoy anne rice, blade, or buffy, then minion is the novel you have been waiting for. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the good house. Sep 17, 2019 the first novel from the good house author tananarive due, the between, centers on hilton, the survivor of a tragic accident that claimed the life of his grandmother. Her novels include the my soul to keep series, the between, the good house, and joplins ghost. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Now she returns with her best yet a chilling story set in a small town in the pacific northwest. Stephen king from the awardwinning master of horror and afrofuturism tananarive due comes a modernclassic of dark introspection.
Tananarive due is a winner of the american book award and a twotime finalist for the bram stoker award. Tananarive due, author of the living blood won the american book award and is praised as stephen kings equal by publishers weekly. The good house audiobook free download and listen by tananarive due. Corey himself has a wild streak, stages a robbery and steals his mothers african voodoo ring, an heirloom, for a girlfriendor so he. In her latest book, the good house, due has written. Due teaches a course at ucla called the sunken place. Also in the supernatural vein is due s 2003 novel the good house. Octavia butlers fledgling is a vampire book, and a scary one at that. The story continues in blood colony, as 17yearold immortal fana goes on the run from her own parentsonly to be hunted by a group with ties to the vatican.
Gramma maries wild daughter dominique gave birth to angela but later commits suicide at the kitchen table with an overdose of sominex, as discovered by angela. With compelling characters and a sense of impending dread, due weaves together a mystical past with presentday evils. As good as any popular horror novel, the good house audiobook has great characters, twisty plot, very high creepy factor, great mythology, and stellar writing. A leading voice in black speculative fiction for more than 20 years, due has won an american book award, an naacp image award, and a british fantasy award, and her writing has been included in bestoftheyear anthologies. Tananarive due s first three novels gained her legions of dedicated fans who recognize a true master of the genre.
My soul to keep by tananarive due 1997, hardcover for sale. Signed inscription by due to theresa dated 26 may 2001 on the title page. This is a solid haunted house book, and i highly recommend it if you need a good creepy summer read. Davie stephens, whos determined to become a 12yearold ghost buster, and various family members find themselves haunted. The african immortals series caught my attention a few years ago, and finally, ive gotten around to reading book one of the fourpart series. The home that belonged to angela toussaints late grandmother is so beloved that townspeople in sacajawea, washington, call it the good house. She is an executive producer on shudders groundbreaking documentary horror noire. For those who have read my soul to keep and if you havent, run to get it, the living blood begins five years after the death of daviddawit, jessicas husband. I published a book called wolf girl finds necromance on the heroine is a biracial black and white werewolf caught between a native american skinwalker and a. Tananarive due, bestselling author of the good house so fasten your seatbelt and enjoy a ride littered with holy water, vamp ooze, and a layered web of political intrigue ingeniously woven from the mind of banks. The heroin of this book, angela toussaint, has returned to the home in which she was raised in sacajawea, wa. In the good house, due sets a story of ancient powers and modern retribution in a small pacific northwest town. She won the american book award in 2002 for her novel the living blood. In this novel, angela moves into her grandmothers home, called the good house.