Jesmyn Ward's new novel is Sing, Unburied, Sing. One of her six favorite books featuring absent parents, as shared at The Week magazine:News of the World by Paulette JilesRead about another entry on the list.
In this recent novel set in post–Civil War Texas, the longing that 10-year-old Johanna feels for the Kiowa mother she's been taken from is so fierce it's heartbreaking. That makes her discovery of an unlikely father figure even more tender.
--Marshal Zeringue
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