In Morgan Jerkins' novel, a family of Black women has a gift; they're born with a caul, a layer over their skin that protects them from harm. They can share and sell the caul — which brings trouble.

Caul births occur when part of the caul, or the amniotic sac, is still enclosed on the infant's head. It is similar to an en caul birth, where the infant is born completely enclosed in its ...

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En caul birth is when a baby is born still inside an intact amniotic sac. Learn more about what causes it, why it’s important, and what to expect.

Her daughter, Hallow, is magically, conveniently born with the caul, and, unbeknown to Amara, raised by the Melancons. For the next two decades the child’s power drives the tension of Morgan ...

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Before my mother died at 87 from ovarian cancer in 1997, she informed me I was a “caulbearer.” I had been born with a caul on my head. She said the filmy remnant of the amniotic sac enveloped ...

Before my mother died at 87 from ovarian cancer in 1997, she informed me I was a “caulbearer.” I had been born with a caul on my head. She said the filmy remnant of the amniotic sac enveloped ...

Fewer than one in 80,000 babies are born "en caul," when the sac of protective membranes which encases a baby in the womb does not break during birth. En caul births are different from caul births.

Caul Baby was six years in the making, and originally it wasn’t a novel at all. Jerkins started writing Caul Baby during her masters program at Bennington College.