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Dec 27, 2017
From two time National Book Award winning author Jesmyn Ward comes a piercing and eloquent reflection of her poverty-stricken childhood in rural Mississippi. Alongside Ward's personal narrative, the book offers a broader exploration of the social conditions that have impacted and continue to impact poor and working class African Americas in the south. Equally heartfelt and heartbreaking, I devoured this powerful book. Ward's perspective offers much food for thought and provides a good launching point for discussion and introspection. I look forward to reading her novels.