Sally and Gillian Owens were orphaned at a young age and were sent to live with the aunts in a large house with few rules but teachings about plants and ancient lore. The aunts were rumored to be witches and one night, a woman came to the backdoor and the girls, instead of going to their room as they were instructed, watched and learned that the rumors about their aunts were true. Then they saw how the woman's deepest desire came true and the misery that came from it and they both determined that they would not get caught up in the mess. Gillian ran away with a boy and went from boy to boy and from man to man, never able to settle down. Sally found love, had two beautiful daughters, and then lost her love to the death beetle's curse. She broke down and moved away to live as normal a life as possible, far away from the aunts and everything they stood for.
And then Gillian came back and she was in trouble. She had been living with a man who was evil in ways she was both attracted to and repelled by and now things had gone too far and he was dead and she was scared so she came to Sally to fix it. But some things aren't so easily fixed and some times the dead don't rest so easily and that's when you need to call your aunts.
I really enjoyed the movie so when I found the book on Freecycle a few years ago, I grabbed it. It's not quite what I was expecting as the feel is much darker than the movie and there were a lot of differences but it was enjoyable as it's own thing.
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