The Resource Sing, unburied, sing, by Jesmyn Ward, (text large print)
Sing, unburied, sing, by Jesmyn Ward, (text large print)
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The item Sing, unburied, sing, by Jesmyn Ward, (text large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- 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
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 367 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781432846527
- Label
- Sing, unburied, sing
- Title
- Sing, unburied, sing
- Statement of responsibility
- by Jesmyn Ward
- 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
- 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 2017b
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Children of drug addicts
- Drug addicts
- African American families
- Mississippi
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Sing, unburied, sing, by Jesmyn Ward, (text large print)
- 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
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 367 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432846527
- Lccn
- 2017041005
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- on1002692592
- (OCoLC)1002692592
- Label
- Sing, unburied, sing, by Jesmyn Ward, (text large print)
- 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
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 367 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432846527
- Lccn
- 2017041005
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- on1002692592
- (OCoLC)1002692592
Subject
- Drug addicts -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Mississippi -- Fiction
- Road fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- African American families -- Fiction
- Children of drug addicts -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2017
- trueRecommended by Danielle Borasky
- trueRural Fiction
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2018
- trueAfrican American Fiction
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Fiction
- trueLibrarians' Choice (Australia): 2017
- trueNational Book Awards: Fiction
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