This month we will discuss Let us Descend by Jesmyn Ward. Light snacks and beverages will be provided.
\nPleas e contact asipple-mcgraw@lex publib.org \;or stop by the Eastside Circulation Desk for a reserv ed library copy of the book.
\nFrom the Publisher:
\nFrom Jesm yn Ward&mdash\;the two-time National Book Award winner\, youngest winner o f the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction\, and MacArthur Fello w&mdash\;comes a haunting masterpiece\, sure to be an instant classic\, ab out an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War.
\n\nL et Us Descend \;is a reimagining of American slavery\, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching\, harrowing\, replete with tr anscendent love\, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carol inas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation.
\nAnnis\, sold south by the white enslav er who fathered her\, is the reader&rsquo\;s guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march\, Annis turns inward\, seek ing comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout\, she opens herself to a world beyond this world\ , one teeming with spirits: of earth and water\, of myth and history\; spi rits who nurture and give\, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads readers through the descent\, this\, her fourth novel\, is ultimatel y a story of rebirth and reclamation.
\nFrom one of the most singula rly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation\, this miracle of a no vel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land&mdash\;the r ich but unforgiving forests\, swamps\, and rivers of the American South.&n bsp\;Let Us Descend \;is Jesmyn Ward&rsquo\;s most magnificent novel y et\, a masterwork for the ages.
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