Library Manager
Manage your library—your way. Keep a running list or organize the books you've read into little stacks. i.e. Beach Reads, Cozy Covers, True Crime, etc.
Let Us Descend
A General Fiction Novel by Jesmyn Ward
Subgenres:
- Historical Fiction,
- Slavery,
- Magical Realism
This book is for you if you're into...
- Historical fiction infused with spirits and mythic visions
- Protagonists drawing strength from ancestral memory and inner worlds
- Lyrical journeys through brutality toward healing and reclamation
Let Us Descend 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 a literary equivalent of an open wound from which poetry pours.
Annis, 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.
Follow This Author
Sign up & we'll email you when a new title is available for pre-order or hits the bookshelf
Little Stacks of Modern & Literary Fiction
Six Books Where Characters Hit the Road
From cruises to road trips these irresistible vacation reads belong on your summer TBR.
Sad Books That Will Make You Cry Your Eyes Out
Six unforgettable tearjerkers guaranteed to bring on the ugly cry.
Get Free & Discounted eBooks
Curated reads, irresistible prices—subscribe now