Let us descend: a novel
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Name: Let us descend a novel /
Author: Ward, Jesmyn,

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Ward, Jesmyn,

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Thorndike Press large print top shelf.

Published:

[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.

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Large Print

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Thorndike Press Large Print Basic [edition]

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9798885792592

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363 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.

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"Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, 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. 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"--

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African American children -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
Enslaved women -- Fiction.
Girls, Black -- Fiction.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Slaveholders -- United States -- Fiction.
Slavery -- United States -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.

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African American children.
African American families.
Enslaved persons.
Enslaved women.
Fiction.
Girls, Black.
Large print books.
Large type books.
Louisiana.
Memory.
Mothers and daughters.
Racially mixed people.
Slaveholders.
Slavery.
Spirits.
United States.

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Ward, J. (2023). Let us descend: a novel. Thorndike Press Large Print Basic [edition] [Waterville, Maine], Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Ward, Jesmyn. 2023. Let Us Descend: A Novel. [Waterville, Maine], Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Ward, Jesmyn, Let Us Descend: A Novel. [Waterville, Maine], Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.

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Ward, Jesmyn. Let Us Descend: A Novel. Thorndike Press Large Print Basic [edition] [Waterville, Maine], Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.

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