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Cassandra labors under a curse in “The Iliad.” Although her prophecies are true, she is never believed. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” endure the curse of a tragic fate, predetermined, in part, because their families despise each another. 

In Oyinkan Braithwaite’s long awaited second novel, “

,” generation after generation of women are cursed to lose their true loves. 

This week on Big Books and Bold Ideas, Kerri Miller welcomes Braithwaite 

 for a conversation about curses and karma. Can a curse can be eluded, or does it become a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy? What if ancestors refuse to acknowledge a curse?  Would it disappear? Or is a curse of kind of generational trauma, passed down from family to family until someone steps into the gap and breaks it? 

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You might not believe in curses. But what if the curse believes in you? 

Oyinkan Braithwaite talks curses, karma and the power to change fate in 'Cursed Daughters'

A photo of the author Oyinkan Braithwaite and her new novel "Cursed Daughters."

Oyinkan Braithwaite talks curses, karma and the power to change fate in 'Cursed Daughters'

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