Men We Reaped by Jesmyn WardCall Number: PS3623.A7323 Z46 2014
ISBN: 9781608197651
Publication Date: 2014-09-16
Jesmyn Ward's universally acclaimed memoir shines a light on the community she comes from, in the small town of DeLisle, Mississippi. 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 they lived with a history of racism and economic struggle affecting every aspect of their lives. The agonizing reality commanded Jesmyn to write, at last, their true stories and her own. 'Men We Reaped' points to problems whose roots are woven into the soil under all our feet.