'Gripping mythic bone-pulverising ... A spectacular achievement' ANTHONY DOERR 'Jesmyn Ward
is one of the greatest writers of all time. And Let Us Descend once again proves it'
JACQUELINE WOODSON 'Transcendent ... The best book I've read in years' LOUISE KENNEDY 'Stunning
... Will grip you from the first word to the last' NATHAN HARRIS ----------------------- The
first weapon I ever held was my mother's hand. On a slave plantation in the Carolinas Annis
has survived in the light of her mother's resilience comforted by stories of her African
warrior grandmother. Everything she knows she learned from her mother - how to fight how to
be strong how to grow up in a world shrouded in darkness. When she is sold south by the white
enslaver who fathered her Annis must venture onward through the rich but unforgiving
landscapes of the American South alone: from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave
markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Searching
for relief in memories of her mother she opens herself to a world beyond her own teeming with
spirits of earth water history and myth. A reimagining of American slavery as beautifully
rendered as it is heart-wrenching Let Us Descend offers a magnificent portrait of the strength
of the human spirit and its ability to emerge from darkness into light. This is a story of
beauty love rebirth and reclamation - a masterwork for the ages. Praise for Sing Unburied
Sing 'A must' Margaret Atwood 'I am a huge fan of Jesmyn Ward's work and this book proves that
she is one of the most important writers in America today' Ann Patchett 'Ward is a lyrical
visceral storyteller' Daily Mail 'A visceral and intimate drama that plays out like a grand
epic . Staggering' Marlon James 'A searing urgent read' Celeste Ng
