Let us descend a novel
(Large Print)
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
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Haverstraw Garnerville - New Large Type Fiction
LP Ward
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LP Ward
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Haverstraw Garnerville - New Large Type Fiction | LP Ward | On Shelf |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Chester Public Library - Adult Large Type Fiction | LP Ward | On Shelf |
Greenwood Lake Public Library - Adult Fiction | LP Ward, J. | On Shelf |
Middletown-Thrall Public Library District - New Large Type Fiction | LP WARD | On Shelf |
Narrowsburg-Western Sullivan Public Library Tusten Cochecton - New Large Type Fiction | LP War | On Shelf |
Spring Valley-Finkelstein Memorial Library - New Large Type Fiction | LP FIC Ward, Jesmyn | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American children -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
Enslaved women -- Fiction.
Girls, Black -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Slaveholders -- United States -- Fiction.
Slavery -- United States -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
Enslaved women -- Fiction.
Girls, Black -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Slaveholders -- United States -- Fiction.
Slavery -- United States -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.
More Details
Published
Thorndike, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
363 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads readers through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ward, J. (2023). Let us descend: a novel (Large Print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. 2023. Let Us Descend: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. Let Us Descend: A Novel Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. Let Us Descend: A Novel Large Print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
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