{"product_id":"9781982104504","title":"Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Named one of the best books of 2023 by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.” —\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e • “A novel of triumph.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e • “Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom “one of America’s finest living writers” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) and “heir apparent to Toni Morrison” (\u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e)—comes a haunting masterpiece about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War that’s destined to become a classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/i\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” (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e) novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land—the rich but unforgiving forests, swamps, and rivers of the American South. \u003ci\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/i\u003e is Jesmyn Ward’s most magnificent novel yet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jesmyn Ward","offers":[{"title":"Scribner |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-09-03","offer_id":46057242558719,"sku":"9781982104504","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_958eb672-69ea-4067-8641-470b44f1c673.jpg?v=1723818861","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781982104504","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}