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Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, and the occasional presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Leonie is simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother, which only come to her when s...

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Main Author: Ward, Jesmyn (Author)
Other Authors: Harrison, Kelvin, Jr., 1994- (Narrator), Wesley, Rutina (Narrator), Chalk, Chris (Christopher Eugene) (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2017]
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Children of drug addicts > Fiction.
Drug addicts > Fiction.
African American families > Fiction.
Grandparent and child > Juvenile fiction.
Road fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Audiobooks.
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Summary:Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, and the occasional presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Leonie is simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother, which only come to her when she's high; Mam is dying of cancer; and quiet, steady Pop tries to run the household and teach Jojo how to be a man. When the white father of Leonie's children is released from prison, she packs her kids and a friend into her car and sets out across the state for Parchman farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, on a journey rife with danger and promise.
Item Description:Title from web page.
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Physical Description:7 audio discs (8 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:08:00:00
Awards:National Book Award, Fiction, 2017.
ISBN:9781508265153
1508265151
9781508237549
1508237549
Author Notes:Jesmyn Ward was born in DeLisle, Mississippi in 1977. She became a writer after the death of her brother by a drunk driver. She received a MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. Her books include the novel Where the Line Bleeds, the memoir Men We Reaped, and the nonfiction work The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race. Salvage the Bones won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2011 and an Alex Award in 2012. Sing, Unburied, Sing won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2017. She taught at University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, and Tulane University.

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