Is it better, for example, for children to be raised by grandparents, though they are infirm and exhausted and have earned some time to themselves in peace and without dependents, or is it better for their parent or parents to take them, although they have no money, job, or parenting skills? The contours of this story have to look familiar to a lot of people, and we are faced with unanswerable questions. She doesn’t know it, but Jojo and Kayla can see him, too. Michael, the children’s Caucasian father, is being released from Parchman, the notorious prison where he has been sent after having killed Leonie’s brother, Given. Leonie, the mother they call by her first name as if she were a sister, drifts in and out, using copious amounts of meth and other drugs. Jojo and Kayla have been raised by their grandparents in rural Mississippi Mam and Pop are their source of love and stability. This title is available to the public now. I received my copy free and early courtesy of Scribner and Net Galley. It opens up all sorts of thorny questions for examination, but like most thorns, it stings. Sing Unburied, Sing is a literary masterpiece, and one that fits the time in which we live. I had never read Ward’s work before, and now that I have I will follow her anywhere.
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