{"product_id":"let-us-descend-oprahs-book-club-9781982104504","title":"Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club)","description":"\u003cb\u003eOPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - Instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Named one of the best books of 2023 by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e - \"A novel of triumph.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e - \"Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"one of America's finest living writers\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"heir apparent to Toni Morrison\" (\u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e)--comes a haunting masterpiece about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War that's destined to become a classic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/i\u003e describes 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. A journey that is as beautifully rendered as it is heart wrenching, the novel is \"[t]he literary equivalent of an open wound from which poetry pours\" (NPR). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide. 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 Annis leads readers through the descent, hers is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation, this \"[s]earing and lyrical...raw, transcendent, and ultimately hopeful\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e) novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land--the rich but unforgiving forests, swamps, and rivers of the American South. \u003ci\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/i\u003e is Jesmyn Ward's most magnificent novel yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4277678\"\u003eJesmyn Ward\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982104504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982104503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC049040\"\u003eAfrican American \u0026amp; Black | Historical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJesmyn Ward received her MFA from the University of Michigan and has received the MacArthur Genius Grant, a Stegner Fellowship, a John and Renee Grisham Writers Residency, the Strauss Living Prize, and the 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. She is the winner of two National Book Awards for Fiction for \u003ci\u003eSing, Unburied, Sing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSalvage the Bones\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eWhere the Line Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir \u003ci\u003eMen We Reaped\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize and the Media for a Just Society Award. She is currently a professor of creative writing at Tulane University and lives in Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48876439372013,"sku":"9781982104504","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_c2ac4298-724d-4526-8e7d-8802645479b7.jpg?v=1760540318","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/let-us-descend-oprahs-book-club-9781982104504","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}