01437cam a2200289 i 4500 1486597911 TxAuBib 20240806120000.0 000000s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982104498 198210449X TxAuBib rda Ward, Jesmyn. Let us descend : a novel / by Jesmyn Ward author. New York : Scribner, 2023. 305 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads readers through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation."-- 20240806. African American children -- Fiction. African American families -- Fiction. Enslaved persons -- Fiction. Slavery -- Fiction. Novels. fast