Mama Day

"Willow Springs is a sparsely populated sea island just off America's southeastern coast whose small black community is dominated by the elderly matriarch, Miranda 'Mama' Day. When Mama Day's greatniece, Cocoa, marries, she returns to Willow Springs with her husband {George} for an extended visit. Once there, strange forces--both natural and supernatural--work to separate the couple. After visiting the menacing Ruby, a local root doctor, Cocoa becomes dangerously ill." (Libr J)