The Resource Sing, unburied, sing : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
Sing, unburied, sing : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
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The item Sing, unburied, sing : a novel, Jesmyn Ward represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501126062
- Label
- Sing, unburied, sing : a novel
- Title
- Sing, unburied, sing
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jesmyn Ward
- Subject
-
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueMultiracial children
- truePoverty
- trueRace relations
- Road fiction
- trueRural poor people
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueSuffering
- Suspense fiction
- trueWomen drug abusers
- trueAfrican American families
- African American families -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAutomobile travel
- Children of drug addicts -- Fiction
- Drug addicts -- Fiction
- trueExtended families
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFarm life
- trueFormer convicts
- trueGhosts
- trueGrandparents
- trueGulf Coast, Mississippi
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMississippi
- Mississippi -- Fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- A story of how the past affects the present, and of deeply entrenched racism, Sing Unburied Sing describes the life of a biracial boy, his addicted, grieving black mother, and his incarcerated white father. A road trip to Dad's prison kick-starts the novel, which offers deeply affecting characters, a strong sense of place (rural Mississippi), and a touch of magical realism in appearances by the dead. -- Description by Shauna Griffin
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2018.
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Fiction, 2018.
- Librarians' Choice (Australia), 2017
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2017.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2017
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10576381
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ward, Jesmyn
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3623.A7323
- LC item number
- S56 2017
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
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- 840
- 840
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Children of drug addicts
- Drug addicts
- African American families
- Mississippi
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Sing, unburied, sing : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501126062
- Lccn
- 2017039315
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- on1001340693
- (OCoLC)1001340693
- Label
- Sing, unburied, sing : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501126062
- Lccn
- 2017039315
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- on1001340693
- (OCoLC)1001340693
Subject
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueMultiracial children
- truePoverty
- trueRace relations
- Road fiction
- trueRural poor people
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueSuffering
- Suspense fiction
- trueWomen drug abusers
- trueAfrican American families
- African American families -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAutomobile travel
- Children of drug addicts -- Fiction
- Drug addicts -- Fiction
- trueExtended families
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFarm life
- trueFormer convicts
- trueGhosts
- trueGrandparents
- trueGulf Coast, Mississippi
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMississippi
- Mississippi -- Fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
Genre
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueAfrican American fiction
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- Road fiction
- trueSouthern fiction
Member of
Included in
- trueNational Book Awards: Fiction
- trueLibrarians' Choice (Australia): 2017
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2017
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Fiction
- trueDown Home
- trueBook Club Best Bets
- trueAfrican American Fiction
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2018
- trueRecommended by Danielle Borasky
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