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Men we reaped : a memoir

Summary: "Jesmyn Ward's universally acclaimed memoir shines a light on the community she comes from, in the small town of DeLisle, Mississippi, a place of quiet beauty and fierce attachment. Here, in the space of four years, she lost five young men dear to her, including her beloved brother--to accidents, murder, and suicide. Their deaths were seemingly unconnected, yet their lives had been connected, by identity and place, and as Jesmyn dealt with these losses, she came to a staggering truth: These young men died because of who they were and the place they were from, because certain disadvantages breed a certain kind of bad luck. Because they lived with a history of racism and economic struggle. They agonizing reality commanded Jesmyn to write, at last, their true stories and her own. 'Men We Reaped' opens up a parallel universe, yet it points to problems whose roots are woven into the soil under all our feet. This indispensable American memoir is destined to become a classic"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781608197651
ISBN: 1608197654
Physical Description: 260 pages ; 21 cm
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Edition: Paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes "Reading group guide" (pages 256-260).
Formatted Contents Note:	We Are in Wolf Town -- Roger Eric Daniels III -- We Are Born -- Desmond Cook -- We Are Wounded -- Charles Joseph Martin -- We Are Watching -- Ronald Wayne Lizana -- We Are Learning -- Joshua Adam Dedeaux -- We Are Here.