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Let us descend : a novel / Jesmyn Ward.
"Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is 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. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide through this hellscape. 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 Ward leads readers through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation." -- provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982104498
- ISBN: 198210449X
- Physical Description: 305 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Series information from jacket. |
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| Subject: | Enslaved women > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Racially mixed people > Fiction. Slavery > United States > Fiction. Slavery. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. Fiction. |
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- 2 of 14 copies available at York County Libraries.
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- 1 current hold with 14 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Arthur Hufnagel Public Library | Adults WAR Fiction (Text) | 34260000552653 | Adult Area New | Checked Out | 12/26/2023 |
| Collinsville Community Library | Adults WAR Fiction (Text) | 34259000499063 | Adult Area New | Checked Out | 12/26/2023 |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults WAR Fiction (Text) | 34001001449022 | Adult Area New | Checked Out | 12/20/2023 |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults WAR Fiction (Text) | 34001001449030 | Adult Area New | Checked Out | 12/19/2023 |
| Dover Area Community Library | Adults WAR Fiction (Text) | 34217000899815 | Adult Area New | Checked Out | 12/22/2023 |
| Glatfelter Memorial Library | Adults WAR Fiction (Text) | 34216000937690 | Adult Area New | Available | - |
| Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults WAR Fiction (Text) | 34007002510977 | Adult Area New | Checked Out | 12/19/2023 |
| Kaltreider-Benfer Library | Adults WAR Fiction (Text) | 34002001614466 | Adult Area New | Checked Out | 12/18/2023 |
| Kreutz Creek Valley Library | Adults WAR Fiction (Text) | 34261000556744 | Adult Area New | Checked Out | 12/12/2023 |
| Martin Library | Adults WAR Fiction (Text) | 33454005973805 | Atrium | Checked Out | 12/26/2023 |
