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Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing

Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, and the occasional presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Leonie is simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother, which only come to her when she’s high; Mam is dying of cancer; and quiet, steady Pop tries to run the household and teach Jojo how to be a man.

Week of May 7, 2018

Paperback releases for the week of May 7th include the National Book Award winner SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward, the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi; BAD DREAMS AND OTHER STORIES, a collection of short stories from Tessa Hadley that elevate the mundane into the exceptional; MURDER IN SAINT-GERMAIN, the 17th installment in Cara Black's mystery series starring private investigator Aimée Leduc; and Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie's THE ROAD TO CAMELOT, a behind-the-scenes, revelatory account of John F. Kennedy’s wily campaign to the White House, beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956.