The Kingdom on the Bayou
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It's 1971, the world for people in New Orleans ain't nowhere near easy, but when the struggle took its eye off the Doucette Family for just one night, sisters Josephine, Annette, and S.Bonds get together and throw an old funky shakedown. Family, friends, ghosts, and murderers alike have gathered around their shotgun shack, and The Doucette family is thrown in a boiler overnight. By a stroke of bewitching, vengeance, and luck, the Doucette Family discovers The Kingdom on the Bayou-a place that takes the majestic history of New Orleans and places it in an enchanted swamp where nothing ever truly dies. Whispers, cuss words, and rumors fly through the wind in the Kingdom on the Bayou like beads from parades, and so does magic.
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