Sing, unburied, sing: a novel
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Scribner, 2017.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
289 pages ; 23 cm
Rating:
840L
Status:
Wallingford Adult Fiction
WARD
Description
"A searing and profound Southern odyssey by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. 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. Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, The Odyssey and the Old Testament, Ward gives us an epochal story, a journey through Mississippi's past and present that is both an intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. Ward is a major American writer, multiply awarded and universally lauded, and in Sing, Unburied, Sing she is at the height of her powers. Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, and the occasional presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Leonie is simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother, which only come to her when she's high; Mam is dying of cancer; and quiet, steady Pop tries to run the household and teach Jojo how to be a man. When the white father of Leonie's children is released from prison, she packs her kids and a friend into her car and sets out across the state for Parchman farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, on a journey rife with danger and promise. Sing, Unburied, Sing grapples with the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power, and limitations, of the bonds of family. Rich with Ward's distinctive, musical language, Sing, Unburied, Sing is a majestic new work and an essential contribution to American literature"--
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FIC WAR
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Bill (LPL) Adult Fiction
F Ward
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FICTION
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Durham Adult Fiction
FIC WAR
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FIC WAR
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FIC WAR
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Ward, Jesmyn (Sing)
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Essex Adult Fiction
WARD
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F Ward
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Guilford Adult Book Club
FIC WARD
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Guilford Adult Book Club
FIC WARD
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Guilford Adult Book Club
FIC WARD
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Guilford Adult Fiction
FIC WARD
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FIC WARD
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FIC/WARD
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FIC/WARD
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Hamden/Miller ILL
FIC/WARD
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FIC/WARD
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Ivoryton Adult Fiction
F WARD
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Lyme Adult Fiction
FIC WAR
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Madison/Scranton Adult Fiction
F WARD
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Meriden Adult Fiction
FIC WARD
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Mitchell College Book Stacks
PS3623 .A7323 S56 2017
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New London Adult Fiction
FIC WARD
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North Branford/Smith Adult Fiction
Fiction Ward
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North Haven Adult Fiction
Fiction Ward, Jesmyn
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North Stonington/Wheeler Adult Fiction
BEACH READ FIC WARD (PBK) (FEB 19)
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North Stonington/Wheeler Adult Fiction
FIC WARD (AUG 17)
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Norwich/Otis Adult Fiction
F WARD
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Old Lyme A Fiction
FIC WARD
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Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Fiction
F WARD
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Orange/Case Adult Fiction Book
Fiction Ward
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Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace Adult Fiction
FIC WAR
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West Haven Main Adult Fiction
FIC WARD
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West Haven Ora Mason Adult Fiction
FIC WAR
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Westbrook Adult Fiction
F WAR
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Woodbridge Adult Fiction
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More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781501126062, 1501126067, 9781501126079, 1501126075
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.4, 12 Points
Level 5.4, 12 Points
Lexile measure:
840
Notes
Description
"A searing and profound Southern odyssey by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. 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. Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, The Odyssey and the Old Testament, Ward gives us an epochal story, a journey through Mississippi's past and present that is both an intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. Ward is a major American writer, multiply awarded and universally lauded, and in Sing, Unburied, Sing she is at the height of her powers. Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, and the occasional presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Leonie is simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother, which only come to her when she's high; Mam is dying of cancer; and quiet, steady Pop tries to run the household and teach Jojo how to be a man. When the white father of Leonie's children is released from prison, she packs her kids and a friend into her car and sets out across the state for Parchman farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, on a journey rife with danger and promise. Sing, Unburied, Sing grapples with the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power, and limitations, of the bonds of family. Rich with Ward's distinctive, musical language, Sing, Unburied, Sing is a majestic new work and an essential contribution to American literature"--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
840L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,5.4,12,196197
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Ward, J. (2017). Sing, unburied, sing: a novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. 2017. Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn, Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel. Scribner, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. Scribner, 2017.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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