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Let Us Descend

Cover of Let Us Descend
Jesmyn Ward

In the years before the Civil War, Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, struggles through the miles-long march, seeks comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother, opening herself to a world beyond this world.

Author category: 
BIPOC Author
Black Author
Female Author
Date of publication: 
2023