A review by thuglibrarian
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

5.0

Probably my favorite book of 2017. It's the raw story of Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, who live with their grandparents, and occasionally their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Grandma is dying of cancer; and their grandfather provides the quiet, steady strength to run the household and teach Jojo how to be a man. When the white father of Leonie’s children is released from prison, she packs her kids and a friend into her car and sets out across the state for Parchman farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to bring him home. It's a rough read, but so worth it. Great for book clubs