Лучшие произведения Джесмин Уорд

Trzynastoletni Jojo na swój sposób próbuje zrozumieć, co znaczy być dobrym człowiekiem. Stopniowo poznaje świat, czepiąc zarówno z bliskich mu wzorców, rodzinnych opowieści oraz legend.
Splot wydarzeń zabierze go w podróż do więzienia stanowego Parchman w mrocznym sercu Missisipi, gdzie natrafi na pewnego udręczonego chłopca, który nosi w sobie całe zło amerykańskiego Południa. On również nauczy Jojo czegoś na temat człowieczeństwa, a także dziedzictwa, przemocy i miłości.

Hurricane Katrina is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. He's a hard drinker, largely absent, and it isn't often he worries about the family.
Esch and her three brothers are stockpiling food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; at fifteen, she has just realized that she's pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pit bull's new litter, dying one by one. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting.
As the novel progresses through twelve dramatic days, this unforgettable family - motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce - pulls itself up to face another day.

Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads readers through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation.