But their stories are deeply affecting, in no small part because of Ward’s brilliant writing and compassionate eye. When the dead, including Leonie’s murdered brother, make their appearances and their demands, no one in the family’s surprised. Throughout the novel, though, are beautifully crafted moments of tenderness. Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, The Odyssey and. In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her National Book Award-winning Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. The shoes I didn’t buy, the melted cake.” Leonie wants to be a better mother, and when Jojo’s and Kayla’s father is released from prison, Leonie takes the kids with her, hoping for a loving reunion, but what she gets instead is a harrowing drive across a muggy landscape haunted by hatred. A searing and profound Southern odyssey by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. Snorting coke one night, Leonie explains, “A clean burning shot through my bones, and then I forgot. Sing, Unburied, Sing - Reprint by Jesmyn Ward (Paperback) 9.94When purchased online In Stock Add to cart About this item Specifications Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inch (W) x. “I’ll be on the other side of the door,” she reassures him, “With everybody else that’s gone before.” Jojo and his little sister, Kayla, live with their grandparents, while Leonie, their mother, drifts in and out of their lives, causing chaos. We all here at once.” This is the explanation 13-year-old Jojo is provided by his grandmother, the family matriarch, on her deathbed. Ward ( Salvage the Bones) tells the story of three generations of a struggling Mississippi family in this astonishing novel.
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