Beginnings: The Island of Ghosts
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| Title: | Beginnings: The Island of Ghosts' |
| Publisher: | Pentagram Press |
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| Author(s): | Kathy Resch and Marcy Robin |
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| Illustrator(s): | Judi Boguslawski, Jo Ann Christy, Guy Haines, Cindy Jorgensen, and Janet Meehan |
| Date(s): | 1982 |
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| Fandom: | Dark Shadows |
| Language: | English |
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Beginnings: The Island of Ghosts is a gen Dark Shadows 166-page novel by Kathy Resch and Marcy Robin.
Summary
Against a historical background of civil war and slave rebellion, of secrets, voodoo and sudden death, Josette DuPres and Angelique Bouchard grow to womanhood... each seeking the love they know that someday they will find. Illustrated by Judi Boguslawski, Jo Ann Christy, Guy Haines, Cindy Jorgensen, and Janet Meehan. [1]
Beginnings: Island of Ghosts ... is a worthy Bildungsroman for the witch (Angelique), giving her agency denied her in the show. [2]
On the island of Marinique, with civil war and slave rebellion surrounding her, Angelique discovers the power of witchcraft. [3]
Martinique...the island of lush beauty, gem of colonial France...where voodoo drums sound In the night… Josette DuPres...Angellque Bouchard...from an uneasy childhood friendship grew the seeds that were to erupt into the tragedy in Collinsport in the year 1795. Josette, pampered daughter of the wealthiest island island, bom and raised to assume the position of a lady, With her aunt's guidance, she flowered with the attenuon of beaux and the love of her family. And there was always her friend Angelique- to listen to every whispered confidence. Angellque, illegitimate daughter of a reputed witch, her fierce proud spirit could never accept the role Fate had assigned her. From the time her dying mother revealed the secret of her past, she knew her destiny was other than to spend her life in servitude. She began to fulfill that ambition the day she went into the rain forest and met a man. He taught her power. He taught her passion. He revealed to her the secrets of quimbanda, voodoo. And then he demanded his price. Against an historical backdrop of civil war and slave rebellion, of secrets, voodoo and sudden death, two women grow to adulthood, each seeking the love they someday know they'll find… [4]
References
- ^ from an ad in The World of Dark Shadows #71/72
- ^ from a review in The Collins Mausoleum #3
- ^ from an ad in Universal Translator #21
- ^ from a flyer