Fiction Book Club

Join fellow readers at the Library for an engaging discussion of Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward on Tuesday January 23rd at 7:30 p.m.

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.

Copies will be available at the Information Desk or on Libby.