The Story
Mississippi, 1927. The groanings are coming.
No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It's a wealthy all-Black Free Town--untouched by white oppression--where ambitious Thea Elliot and her husband plan to make good on their big dreams. Little do they know that the idyllic town teems with ghoulish, walking nightmares . . . that only the women can see.
Marah knows the groanings well. She is one of the carriers--women with the ability to pull traumatic memories from men. Populated by men entirely freed of their pain, East Cobb has flourished, even as the remnants of their memories haunt the town's women. When an unexpected death drives Marah to discover more about her own power, Thea's and Marah's worlds collide. The sisters must confront the rotten core at the heart of East Cobb's prosperity and choose what--and who--will survive the reckoning.
A gripping blend of historical fiction and Southern gothic psychological horror, Our Sister's Keeper is a fierce exploration of Black sisterhood, rage, and resistance.
Author: Jasmine Holmes
Publisher: Bindery Books
Published: 06/09/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781967967100
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/12/2026
About the Author
Holmes, Jasmine: -
Jasmine L. Holmes is a historian, an educator, and the author of Yonder Come Day: Exploring the Collective Witness of the Formerly Enslaved and Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History. She lives in Jackson, Mississippi, with her husband and their three sons.
Description
Mississippi, 1927. The groanings are coming.
No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It's a wealthy all-Black Free Town--untouched by white oppression--where ambitious Thea Elliot and her husband plan to make good on their big dreams. Little do they know that the idyllic town teems with ghoulish, walking nightmares . . . that only the women can see.
Marah knows the groanings well. She is one of the carriers--women with the ability to pull traumatic memories from men. Populated by men entirely freed of their pain, East Cobb has flourished, even as the remnants of their memories haunt the town's women. When an unexpected death drives Marah to discover more about her own power, Thea's and Marah's worlds collide. The sisters must confront the rotten core at the heart of East Cobb's prosperity and choose what--and who--will survive the reckoning.
A gripping blend of historical fiction and Southern gothic psychological horror, Our Sister's Keeper is a fierce exploration of Black sisterhood, rage, and resistance.
Author: Jasmine Holmes
Publisher: Bindery Books
Published: 06/09/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781967967100
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/12/2026
About the Author
Holmes, Jasmine: -
Jasmine L. Holmes is a historian, an educator, and the author of Yonder Come Day: Exploring the Collective Witness of the Formerly Enslaved and Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History. She lives in Jackson, Mississippi, with her husband and their three sons.
