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Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club)
By Jesmyn Ward
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By Jesmyn Ward
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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller
Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward is always brilliant. Inspired by Dante’s Inferno, this is a story of survival, family and the search for home that is told in gorgeous, lyrical prose.
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Instant New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more.
“Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.” —Vogue • “A novel of triumph.” —The Washington Post • “Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.” —People
From “one of America’s finest living writers” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “heir apparent to Toni Morrison” (LitHub)—comes a haunting masterpiece abo...
“Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.” —Vogue • “A novel of triumph.” —The Washington Post • “Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.” —People
From “one of America’s finest living writers” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “heir apparent to Toni Morrison” (LitHub)—comes a haunting masterpiece abo...
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