Let Us Descend: An Oprah's Book Club

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Pack Size:1 PIECE

Book Type:Hardcopy

Language:English

Author:JESMYN WARD

Publisher:BLOOMSBURY

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AN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK *ï¾ ‘A spectacular achievement’ï¾ ANTHONY DOERRï¾ ‘Extravagantly beautiful’ï¾ DAILY MAILï¾ ‘One of the greatest writers of all time’ï¾ JACQUELINE WOODSONï¾ ‘Extraordinary’ï¾ GUARDIANï¾ ‘The best book I’ve read in years’ï¾ LOUISE KENNEDY ———————–ï¾ The first weapon I ever held was my mother’s hand.ï¾ On a slave plantation in the Carolinas, Annis has survived in the light of her mother’s resilience, comforted by stories of her African warrior grandmother. Everything she knows, she learned from her mother – how to fight, how to be strong, how to grow up in a world shrouded in darkness. When she is sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, Annis must venture onward through the rich but unforgiving landscapes of the American South alone: from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans, and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Searching for relief in memories of her mother, she opens herself to a world beyond her own, teeming with spirits of earth, water, history and myth. A reimagining of American slavery as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching,ï¾ Let Us Descendï¾ offers a magnificent portrait of the strength of the human spirit and its ability to emerge from darkness into light. This is a story of beauty, love, rebirth and reclamation – a masterwork for the ages.ï¾ Praise forï¾ Sing, Unburied, Singï¾ ‘A must’ï¾ Margaret Atwoodï¾ ‘One of the most important writers in America today’ï¾ Ann Patchettï¾ ‘Ward is a lyrical, visceral storyteller’ï¾ Daily Mailï¾ ‘A searing, urgent read’ï¾ Celeste Ngï¾ ‘Plays out like a grand epic … Staggering’ï¾ Marlon James