Sing, Unburied, Sing is a wonderful story. I don't even know how to describe it other than it connects me with what it means to be human, both good and bad, on so many levels - which is one of the main reasons i read books - to experience life through others that i cannot experience first hand. This story is rich and deep and shares the best and the worst of what it means to be human, as a person of color, in Mississippi; both today and in the past. If you get a chance, read this book, you will be richer for it. Looking forward to Salvage the Bones.
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Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward has already won the coveted National Book Award for Fiction. Awards speak to critical, literary recognition. What speaks to me is the characters and the story. For its many layers and its complex characters, the book is difficult to describe as the description may not capture its depth. This is a book that is greater than the sum of its parts and is memorable for its characters and its story.
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Reviewed for NetGalley
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2017/11/sing-unburied-sing.html
Reviewed for NetGalley
Jojo is a young boy who is essentially raising his younger sister, Michaela/Kayla, with the help of his grandfather Pop. His Mam (grandmother) has been stricken with cancer. His mother, Leonie, is so encompassed with her passion for Michael (the children's father). Michael is in Parchman Center (prison). This family suffered the loss of Given, Leonie's brother, at a young age.
Leonie doesn't really have the means to be a mother, her own needs will always come first. Michael and drugs are her priorities.
There are ghosts in this story who are looking for a way to leave this earth. Song seems the best way to get them where they should be.
This novel is so beautifully worded. The language draws you completely in.
Leonie doesn't really have the means to be a mother, her own needs will always come first. Michael and drugs are her priorities.
There are ghosts in this story who are looking for a way to leave this earth. Song seems the best way to get them where they should be.
This novel is so beautifully worded. The language draws you completely in.
