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| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction) | 2009 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Twin brothers in a small Mississippi Gulf Coast town face diverging paths after high school graduation—one finding legitimate work, the other drawn into the drug trade—as their family struggles with poverty and their father's return from prison. Jesmyn Ward's debut novel. Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.
About the Author
Jesmyn WardAmerican
Jesmyn Ward is an American novelist and professor of creative writing at Tulane University. Born in DeLisle, Mississippi, in 1977, she grew up in rural Mississippi, an environment that has profoundly shaped her fiction. She studied at the University of Michigan and Stanford University and received her MFA from Michigan. Read more →
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