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Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel

By Jesmyn Ward
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By Jesmyn Ward
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Winner of the National Book Award

A New York Times bestseller

A majestic, stirring novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward following a family on a journey through Mississippi—now in a gorgeous new package designed for the modern reader.

Jesmyn Ward brings the archetypal road novel into rural 21st-century America in this intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. When thirteen-year-old Jojo’s father is released from prison, his mother packs the fa...

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