My Soul to Keep
{{Short description|1997 novel by Tananarive Due}}
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| name = My Soul to Keep
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| author = Tananarive Due
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| country = United States
| language = English
| series = African Immortals #1
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| genre = Science Fiction, Horror
| publisher = HarperCollins
| media_type = Print (paperback)
| pages = 346 pp
| isbn = 978-0-06-018742-2
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| followed_by = The Living Blood
| pub_date = 1997
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My Soul to Keep is a 1997 novel by American writer Tananarive Due. It is the first book in Due's African Immortals series and was followed by The Living Blood (2001). The third book in the series, Blood Colony, was published in 2008.
Summary
Jessica, a reporter, is in a happy marriage to David, a professor. After close friends and family begin dying around her, Jessica feels David is hiding something. David reveals that he is immortal and has been for centuries. Jessica’s recent investigations into deaths at nursing homes revealed the death of his own daughter, Rosalie. The coinciding tragedies were David’s attempts to keep his past lives hidden and protect Jessica.
Adaptation
In 2004, it was announced that a film version of this book is in production with actor Blair Underwood.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HST/is_1_6/ai_112084303 Blair Underwood goes for the greenlight: a six-year journey to develop and star in a film based on Tananarive Due's My Soul to Keep catches fire in a partnership with an enthusiastic studio (Cover Story)], Black Issues Book Review, January 1, 2004.
Reviews
- Joy R. Sewing, [http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/ae/books/9798/08/17/due.html "'My Soul to Keep' satisfies after good scare"], Houston Chronicle (1997)
- [http://darkecho.com/darkecho/reviews/my_soul_to.html Review on DarkEcho] by Paula Guran
- Nehanda Imara, [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/11.13.97/books1-9746.html "What Price Eternity?"], Metroactive Books (1997)
References
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External links
- [http://www.harperacademic.com/catalog/excerpt_xml.asp?isbn=006105366X Excerpt from 'My Soul to Keep']{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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- [http://www.darkecho.com/darkecho/archives/due.html TANANARIVE DUE: Unique Name for a New Dark Star] by Paula Guran on DarkEcho.com (1997) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510132725/http://www.darkecho.com/darkecho/archives/due.html |date=2008-05-10 }}
- [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1037621 Tananarive Due: 'My Soul to Keep'] on NPR, All Things Considered, October 31, 1997 (Audio)
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Category:American horror novels
Category:Novels by Tananarive Due
Category:African-American novels
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