The June Book Club – Weep, Woman, Weep by Maria DeBlassie

We are SO EXCITED that our June book club will feature Weep, Woman, Weep by our friend and colleague Dr. Maria DeBlassie AND that Maria will be joining us for our discussion on June 25th at 7PM ET!

(You might remember Dr. DeBlassie from the absolutely phenomenal bonus she did for our Enchant course, “Conversing with the Tarot to Conjure Main Character Magic”!)

Here’s the description:

“The women of Sueño, New Mexico don’t know how to live a life without sorrows. That’s La Llorona’s doing. She roams the waterways looking for the next generation of girls to baptize, filling them with more tears than any woman should have to hold. And there’s not much they can do about the Weeping Woman except to avoid walking along the riverbank at night and to try to keep their sadness in check. That’s what attracts her to them: the pain and heartache that gets passed down from one generation of women to the next.

Mercy knows this, probably better than anyone. She lost her best friend to La Llorona and almost found a watery grave herself. But she survived. Only she didn’t come back quite right and she knows La Llorona won’t be satisfied until she drags the one soul that got away back to the bottom of the river.

In a battle for her life, Mercy fights to break the chains of generational trauma and reclaim her soul free from ancestral hauntings by turning to the only things that she knows can save her: plant medicine, pulp books, and the promise of a love so strong not even La Llorona can stop it from happening. What unfolds is a stunning tale of one woman’s journey into magic, healing, and rebirth.”

Please note that this book does come with content warnings for assault, domestic violence, racism, and colorism. 

Here are couple of the excellent reviews this book has received:

“This may be one of the more compelling, beautiful books that I’ve read this year…An unexpected joy.” ~ Melissa on Goodreads

“If you’re a fan of magical-contemporary novels like Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, The Wood Wife by Terri Windling, or the novellas and stories by Francesca Lia Block, then you’ll be delighted by Maria DeBlassie’s Weep, Woman, Weep.” ~ Hayley on Goodreads

Sounds right up our alley, no? And hey, the book’s subtitle is “A Gothic Fairytale about Ancestral Hauntings,” so you KNOW it’s perfect for Carterhaugh!

Book club sessions where the author joins us are always really special – if you would like to join us, make sure you’re on the $7+ tier on our Patreon for the month of June!