Book Club kit : Sing, unburied, sing
(Book Club Kit)
Author
Published
New York : Scribner, 2017.
Physical Desc
9 bks. (289 pages) + 1 discussion guide
Status
More Details
Format
Book Club Kit
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.4, 12 Points
Level 5.4, 12 Points
Lexile measure
840
Notes
General Note
Paperback includes topics and questions for discussion.
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.
Description
"A searing and profound Southern odyssey through Mississippi's past and present"--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
840 L,Lexile
Awards
National Book Award for Fiction, 2017
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American families -- Fiction.
African American families -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
Book clubs (Discussion groups).
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
Children of prisoners -- Fiction.
Drug addicts -- Fiction.
Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction.
Mississippi -- Fiction.
Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
African American families -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
Book clubs (Discussion groups).
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
Children of prisoners -- Fiction.
Drug addicts -- Fiction.
Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction.
Mississippi -- Fiction.
Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ward, J. (2017). Book Club kit: Sing, unburied, sing . Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. 2017. Book Club Kit: Sing, Unburied, Sing. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. Book Club Kit: Sing, Unburied, Sing Scribner, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. Book Club Kit: Sing, Unburied, Sing Scribner, 2017.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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| Last Update | 2024-04-27 06:25:42AM |
| Last Indexed | 2024-04-27 07:37:06AM |
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