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

5.0

The writing is beautiful. The story is compelling. The characters are true to life in all their mess and greatness mixed together in equal measure. The supernatural element is thrown in deftly as just one more matter of fact part of life as normal as butchering a goat or buying charcoal to help your mother who overdosed on drugs. These are not parts of a seemingly normal life but these are just Jo-Jo’s every day. And perhaps, things like these are more people’s every day than we like to think. This book has a lovely southern flavor comparable to Flannery O’Connor or William Faulkner or Kate Chopin. Lovely and fine and searing.