Sing, Unburied, Sing A Novel

Jesmyn Ward's National Book Award-winning novel is a road novel set in rural Mississippi, offering an intimate portrait of three generations of the Jones family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. The story centers on Jojo, a biracial thirteen-year-old boy, and his toddler sister, Kayla, who live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, is simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her deceased brother, Given. When Michael, Jojo's white father, is released from Parchman Farm (the Mississippi State Penitentiary), Leonie packs the children and a friend into her car and sets out on a journey across the state. The trip is rife with danger and promise, forcing the family to confront the complexities of human relationships, racial struggles, and the ugly truths at the heart of the American story. At Parchman, Jojo encounters the ghost of Richie, a young former inmate, who carries the dark history of the South and has a lesson to impart about fathers, sons, and legacies, bridging the past and present of their home.

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