Where The Line Bleeds A Novel Bois Sauvage 3 Jesmyn Ward by Jesmyn Ward 9781501164347, 1501164341 instant download after payment.

Where the Line Bleeds is Jesmyn Ward’s gorgeous 1st novel & the first of 3 novels set in Bois Sauvage—followed by Salvage the Bones & Sing, Unburied, Sing—comprising a loose trilogy about small town sourthern family life. Described as “starkly beautiful” (Publishers Weekly), “fearless” (Essence), & “emotionally honest” (Dallas Morning News), it was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award & the Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award.

Joshua & Christophe are twins, raised by a blind grandmother & a large extended family in rural Bois Sauvage, on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. They’ve just finished high school & need to find jobs, but after Katrina, it’s not easy. Joshua gets work on the docks, but Christophe’s not so lucky & starts to sell drugs. Christophe’s downward spiral is accelerated first by crack, then by the reappearance of the twins’ parents: Cille, who left for a better job, & Sandman, a dangerous addict. Sandman taunts Christophe, eventually provoking a shocking confrontation that will ultimately damn or save both twins. 

Where the Line Bleeds takes place over the course of a single, life-changing summer. It is a delicate & closely observed portrait of fraternal love & strife, of the relentless grind of poverty, of the toll of addiction on a family, & of the bonds that can sustain or torment us. Bois Sauvage, based on Ward’s own hometown, is a character in its own right, as stiflingly hot & as rich with history as it is bereft of opportunity. Ward’s “lushly descriptive prose…& her prodigious talent & fearless portrayal of a world too often overlooked” (Essence) make this novel an essential addition to her