![]() ![]() The two ghost also provide a link to the characters actions. ![]() The ghosts are the pivotal characters of the novel for they represent racism, ingrained attitudes and America’s cruel past. Sounds complicated? well I make it sound like that but Ward makes things sound quite straightforward. There are complications Leonie is a drug addict and is finding it difficult to put her kid’s interest first, her mother is dying of cancer and she is constantly seeing the ghost of her dead brother.ĭuring the road trip Kaley gets sick, has to deliver a bag of crystal meth and JoJo (who is the main narrator of the story) is seeing the ghost of his grandfather’s fellow prisoner Richie, who is on a quest to find out why he died. Leonie, then has to drive to prison to pick her up. ![]() Leonie then receives a call stating that her white husband, Michael’s prison term is over. Jojo is edging into his teenage years and is learning the usual rites of passage. Jojo, his mother,Leonie and sister, Kaley live together with Leonie’s grandparents. ![]() I’ll try summarise it in a few paragraphs. It is complex and touches upon issues, mainly racism but in order to elaborate on this novel’s richness, one would have to write a thesis. Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing is a stunner of a novel. ![]()
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