01198cam a2200301 i 45000010011000000030006000110050017000170080041000340200018000750400021000930430012001141000027001262450046001532500038001992640035002373000024002723360027002963370029003233380028003525200273003806500029006536500036006826500036007186500037007546500040007916500033008316550032008641402248702OCoLC20240522135131.0230531s2023    nyu           000 1 eng d  a9781982104498  aMebengerdacMe  an-us---1 aWard, Jesmyn,eauthor.10aLet us descend :ba novel /cJesmyn Ward.  aFirst Scribner hardcover edition. 1aNew York :bScribner,c2023.    a305 pages ;c22 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent.  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia.  avolumebnc2rdacarrier.  aIn the years before the Civil War, Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, struggles through the miles-long march, seeks comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother, opening herself to a world beyond this world. 0aEnslaved womenvFiction. 0aMothers and daughtersvFiction. 0aRacially mixed peoplevFiction. 0aSlaveryzUnited StatesvFiction. 0aAfrican American familiesvFiction. 0aLife change eventsvFiction. 7aHistorical fiction.2lcgft.