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We are inclined to be givers, rational when in the best situations, intuitive, and idealistic. However, some of us end up in places that render us stock-still, confused, and emotionally traumatized just by being in the presence of the ones that were supposed to nurture and love us. The author writes through a macroscopic lens of generational childhood trauma and its effects in adulthood, and through her experiences of varied and emotionally complex events, she recounts what she lived through and enters the raw details of how her childhood played out.

Set in a small Louisiana parish, deep in the segregated South, Rootwork follows school-age sisters, Betty, Ann, and Pee Wee during one life-changing summer when the three of them head off to stay with their hoodoo-practicing aunt, Theodora, a powerful woman feared by the local townspeople. She teaches the girls the secrets of her craft, like how to make "hot foot powder" and how to whip up some "goofer dust" to get back at an enemy. The girls delight in their harmless hoodoo adventures until a tragic event involving the town's racist sheriff promises to change their lives forever.