Sing, Unburied, Sing

“Ward’s [Sing, Unburied, Sing] is a true triple threat, expert in prose, human observation, and social commentary.”
—Time

With Sing, Unburied, Sing, which earned her a second National Book Award in 2017, Ward gives us a road novel through Mississippi’s past and present that explores the bonds of a family tested by racism and poverty. Sing, Unburied, Sing is a singular Southern odyssey that strikes at the heart of life in the rural South. Margaret Atwood called it a “wrenching new novel . . . [that] digs deep into the not-buried heart of the American nightmare. A must!” Sing was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2017 by The New York Times and Time. The Washington Post and Publisher’s Weekly also called Sing, Unburied, Sing one of the year’s best books. The book is also a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

“[A] tour de force . . . Ward is an attentive and precise writer who dazzles with natural and supernatural observations and lyrical details . . . she continues telling stories we need to hear with rare clarity and power.”
—O, the Oprah Magazine

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