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Ward Jesmyn
Sing Unburied Sing A Novel
Sing Unburied Sing A Novel
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Description: * Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * Winner of the National BOOK Award and A NEW YORK Times TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A finalist for the Kirkus Prize Andrew Carnegie Medal Aspen Words Literary Prize and a New York Times bestseller this majestic stirring and widely praised novel from two - time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi is a tour de force (O The Oprah Magazine) and a timeless work of fiction that is destined to become a classic. Jesmyn Ward's historic second National Book Award winner is perfectly poised for the moment (The New York Times) an intimate portrait of three generations of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. Ward's writing throbs with life grief and love this book is the kind that makes you ache to return to it (Buzzfeed). Jojo is thirteen years old and trying to understand what it means to be a man. He doesn t lack in fathers to study chief among them his Black grandfather Pop. But there are other men who complicate his understanding: his absent White father Michael who is being released from prison; his absent White grandfather Big Joseph who won t acknowledge his existence; and the memories of his dead uncle Given who died as a teenager. His mother Leonie is an inconsistent presence in his and his toddler sister's lives. She is an imperfect mother in constant conflict with herself and those around her. She is Black and her children's father is White. She wants to be a better mother but can t put her children above her own needs especially her drug use. Simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother which only come to her when she's high Leonie is embattled in ways that reflect the brutal reality of her circumstances. When the children's father is released from prison Leonie packs her kids and a friend into her car and drives north to the heart of Mississippi and Parchman Farm the State Penitentiary. At Parchman there is another thirteen - year - old boy the ghost of a dead inmate who carries all of the ugly history of the South with him in his wandering. He too has something to teach Jojo about fathers and sons about legacies about violence about love. Rich with Ward's distinctive lyrical language Sing Unburied Sing is a majestic and unforgettable family story and an odyssey through rural Mississippi's past and present (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
Title: Sing Unburied Sing A Novel
Author(s): Ward Jesmyn
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781501126079
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/8/2018
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: * Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * Winner of the National BOOK Award and A NEW YORK Times TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A finalist for the Kirkus Prize Andrew Carnegie Medal Aspen Words Literary Prize and a New York Times bestseller this majestic stirring and widely praised novel from two - time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi is a tour de force (O The Oprah Magazine) and a timeless work of fiction that is destined to become a classic. Jesmyn Ward's historic second National Book Award winner is perfectly poised for the moment (The New York Times) an intimate portrait of three generations of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. Ward's writing throbs with life grief and love this book is the kind that makes you ache to return to it (Buzzfeed). Jojo is thirteen years old and trying to understand what it means to be a man. He doesn t lack in fathers to study chief among them his Black grandfather Pop. But there are other men who complicate his understanding: his absent White father Michael who is being released from prison; his absent White grandfather Big Joseph who won t acknowledge his existence; and the memories of his dead uncle Given who died as a teenager. His mother Leonie is an inconsistent presence in his and his toddler sister's lives. She is an imperfect mother in constant conflict with herself and those around her. She is Black and her children's father is White. She wants to be a better mother but can t put her children above her own needs especially her drug use. Simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother which only come to her when she's high Leonie is embattled in ways that reflect the brutal reality of her circumstances. When the children's father is released from prison Leonie packs her kids and a friend into her car and drives north to the heart of Mississippi and Parchman Farm the State Penitentiary. At Parchman there is another thirteen - year - old boy the ghost of a dead inmate who carries all of the ugly history of the South with him in his wandering. He too has something to teach Jojo about fathers and sons about legacies about violence about love. Rich with Ward's distinctive lyrical language Sing Unburied Sing is a majestic and unforgettable family story and an odyssey through rural Mississippi's past and present (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
Title: Sing Unburied Sing A Novel
Author(s): Ward Jesmyn
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781501126079
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/8/2018
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction