01477cam a2200289 i 4500 1011078850 TxGeo 20231012120000.0 230912s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982104498 hbk. 198210449X hbk. TxGeo rda Ward, Jesmyn, author. Let us descend : a novel / Jesmyn Ward. New York, NY : Scribner, 2023. 305 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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. 20231228. African American children Fiction. African American families Fiction. Enslaved persons Fiction. Slavery Fiction. QS5