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Cover of “Sing, Unburied, Sing” by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Jesmyn Ward · 2017

304 pages

Thirteen-year-old Jojo rides in the back of a truck as his mother drives across Mississippi to collect his white father from prison. The journey stirs up family history and two restless ghosts, drawing Jojo toward a harder understanding of his mother and his own name.

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Magical Realism, Coming of Age, Melancholic, Ghost Story, Outcast Hero, Southern Gothic

Content warnings: sexual violence

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