Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel
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...show more
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The grip of drug addiction is exposed, laid bare in this story set in the southernmost region of Mississippi. The poignantly rendered characters will tear your heart out, like Jojo and his grandfather who raised him, cast as the ones who stumble through the rubble of a life crumbling from addiction.
Jojo, still a boy, is his sister’s mother figure, feeding her at night, singing to her. He says of his mother, who disappears for days, “Leonie kil...read more
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