| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
7 audio discs (8 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
080000 |
| Description |
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audio s rdamedia |
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audio disc sd rdacarrier |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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1.4 m/s |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Compact discs. |
| Performer |
Read by the author. |
| Summary |
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 listeners through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation. From one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation, this miracle of a novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land, the rich but unforgiving forests, swamps, and rivers of the American South. |
| Subject |
Enslaved women -- United States -- Fiction.
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African American children -- Fiction.
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African American families -- Fiction.
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Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
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Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
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Slavery -- United States -- Fiction.
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Slaveholders -- United States -- Fiction.
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Girls, Black -- Fiction.
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Memory -- Fiction.
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Spirits -- Fiction.
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Louisiana -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Audiobooks.
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Historical fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781797161501 (audiobook on CD) : $34.99 |
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1797161504 (audiobook on CD) |
| Standard No. |
9781797161501 |
| Music # |
15730861 |
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