Let us descend: a novel
(Large Print)
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Thorndike, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, ©2023.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large Print edition.
Physical Desc:
363 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
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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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LT FIC WARD
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Large Print Fiction Ward
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LargePrint Fiction Ward, Jesmyn
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American children -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
Enslaved women -- Fiction.
Enslavers -- United States -- Fiction.
Girls, Black -- Fiction.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Multiracial people -- Fiction.
Slavery -- United States -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
Enslaved women -- Fiction.
Enslavers -- United States -- Fiction.
Girls, Black -- Fiction.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Multiracial people -- Fiction.
Slavery -- United States -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
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Unknown
ISBN:
9798885792592
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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APA Citation (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 (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. 2023. Let Us Descend: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn, Let Us Descend: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
MLA Citation (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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