<b>WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><BR><BR><b>A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a <i>New York Times </i>bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi, is a “tour de force” (<i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i>) and a timeless work of fiction that is destined to become a classic.</b><BR><BR>Jesmyn Ward’s historic second National Book Award–winner is “perfectly poised for the moment” (<i>The New York Times</i>), an intimate portrait of three generations of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. “Ward’s writing throbs with life, grief, and love… this book is the kind that makes you ache to return to it” (<i>Buzzfeed</i>).<BR><BR>Jojo is thirteen years old and trying to understand what