{"product_id":"let-us-descend","title":"Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e describes a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. A journey that is as beautifully rendered as it is heart wrenching, the novel is “[t]he literary equivalent of an open wound from which poetry pours” (NPR).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide. 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 Annis leads readers through the descent, hers is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation, this “[s]earing and lyrical…raw, transcendent, and ultimately hopeful” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land—the rich but unforgiving forests, swamps, and rivers of the American South. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Jesmyn Ward’s most magnificent novel yet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Depot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44994237563088,"sku":"E402364","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6983\/9568\/files\/letusdescend.jpg?v=1774462389","url":"https:\/\/the-book-readers-venue.myshopify.com\/products\/let-us-descend","provider":"The Book Readers Venue","version":"1.0","type":"link"}