{"product_id":"where-the-line-bleeds-paperback","title":"Where the Line Bleeds - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJesmyn Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel from National Book Award winner and author of \u003ci\u003eSing, Unburied, Sing \u003c\/i\u003eJesmyn Ward, a timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict--\"a lyrical yet clear-eyed portrait of a rural South and an African American reality that are rarely depicted\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere the Line Bleeds \u003c\/i\u003eis Jesmyn Ward's gorgeous first novel and the first of three novels set in Bois Sauvage--followed by \u003ci\u003eSalvage the Bones\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSing, Unburied, Sing\u003c\/i\u003e--comprising a loose trilogy about small town sourthern family life. Described as \"starkly beautiful\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), \"fearless\" (\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"emotionally honest\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e), it was a finalist for the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award and the Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Joshua and Christophe are twins, raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in rural Bois Sauvage, on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. They've just finished high school and need to find jobs, but after Katrina, it's not easy. Joshua gets work on the docks, but Christophe's not so lucky and 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, and Sandman, a dangerous addict. Sandman taunts Christophe, eventually provoking a shocking confrontation that will ultimately damn or save both twins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhere the Line Bleeds \u003c\/i\u003etakes place over the course of a single, life-changing summer. It is a delicate and closely observed portrait of fraternal love and strife, of the relentless grind of poverty, of the toll of addiction on a family, and 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 and as rich with history as it is bereft of opportunity. Ward's \"lushly descriptive prose...and her prodigious talent and fearless portrayal of a world too often overlooked\" (\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e) make this novel an essential addition to her incredible body of work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesmyn Ward received her MFA from the University of Michigan and has received the MacArthur Genius Grant, a Stegner Fellowship, a John and Renee Grisham Writers Residency, the Strauss Living Prize, and the 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. She is the winner of two National Book Awards for Fiction for \u003ci\u003eSing, Unburied, Sing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSalvage the Bones\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eWhere the Line Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir \u003ci\u003eMen We Reaped\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize and the Media for a Just Society Award. She is currently a professor of creative writing at Tulane University and lives in Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463707943219,"sku":"9781501164330","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/47A-LFyIXf9781501164330.webp?v=1781586872","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/where-the-line-bleeds-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}