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Jesmyn WardLiterary Fiction · Historical Fiction·b. 1977
Sing, Unburied, Sing
On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Jojo and his younger sister Kayla live with their grandparents, often navigating the unpredictable presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie. Leonie, haunted by visions of her deceased brother, decides to take her children and a friend on a perilous journey to Parchman Farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to pick up the children's recently released father. This road trip becomes a powerful exploration of family bonds, struggle, and the complex history of the American South.