2017, ISBN: 9781165073757

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A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time Nation… Plus…

A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time National Book Awarod winner Jesmyn Ward, the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi, is a "tour de force" (O, The Oprah Magazine) and a timeless work of fiction that is destined to become a classic.In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her National Book Awardwinning Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. An intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle, Sing, Unburied, Sing journeys through Mississippi's past and present, examining the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the powerand limitationsof family bonds.Jojo is thirteen years old and trying to understand what it means to be a man. He doesn't lack in fathers to study, chief among them his Black grandfather, Pop. But there are other men who complicate his understanding: his absent White father, Michael, who is being released from prison; his absent White grandfather, Big Joseph, who won't acknowledge his existence; and the memories of his dead uncle, Given, who died as a teenager.His mother, Leonie, is an inconsistent presence in his and his toddler sister's lives. She is an imperfect mother in constant conflict with herself and those around her. She is Black and her children's father is White. She wants to be a better mother but can't put her children above her own needs, especially her drug use. Simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother, which only come to her when she's high, Leonie is embattled in ways that reflect the brutal reality of her circumstances.When the children's father is released from prison, Leonie packs her kids and a friend into her car and drives north to the heart of Mississippi and Parchman Farm, the State Penitentiary. At Parchman, there is another thirteen-year-old boy, the ghost of a dead inmate who carries all of the ugly history of the South with him in his wandering. He too has something to teach Jojo about fathers and sons, about legacies, about violence, about love.Rich with Ward's distinctive, lyrical language, Sing, Unburied, Sing is a majestic new work and an unforgettable family story.Amazon.com ReviewA slamming, heartbreaker of a novel that is rendered with such stinging beauty and restrained emotion that despite the anguish taking place on the page, you won't want it to end. For her third novel, National Book Award winning Jesmyn Ward, tells the story of Jojo, a young black Mississippi boy raised by his grandparents, who is forced to become a man far before he should because his mother is a drug addict, his father is in jail, and his baby sister needs a guardian. When Jojo's dad is released from prison, Leonie packs Jojo and Kayla in the car, picks up her meth addled friend and drives north. What transpires is a nightmarish journey that weaves in and out of the present Leonie's meth induced highs, when she dreams of her dead brother who was killed by white hands decades ago, and the past -- when a man named Ritchie served time alongside Jojo's grandfather. Sing, Unburied, Sing shimmers with mythic southern memories to tell a story of the drugged and the damned and the fluttering promise of youth., Scribner; First Edition/First Printing (September 5, 2017), 0, Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2008. 2nd edition. Softcover. New. 17 x 22 cm. In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn`t. Find out for yourself with Rails: Up and Running, the concise and popular book that not only explains how Rails works, but guides you through a complete test drive. Perfect for beginning web developers, this thoroughly revised edition teaches you the basics of installing and using Rails 2.1 and the Ruby scripting language. While Rails is praised for its simplicity, there are still a few tricky steps to master along the way. Rails: Up and Running offers lots of examples and covers just about everything you need to build functional Rails applications right away. Learn how to: Create simple database-backed applications, and build dynamic user-centric web pages using Ajax and REST Exploit the Rails service frameworks to send emails and implement web services Map data to an imperfect table, traverse complex relationships, and build custom finders Use techniques to solve common database performance problems See how fast you can go on Rails, and how reliable it`s become with the stability and power of version 2.1. With Rails: Up and Running, you`ll discover why Rails is a remarkable new way to build database-driven web applications. Printed Pages: 232., Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2008, 6, Harper & Row, 1996. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 356 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Harper & Row, 1996. *** CONDITION: Good ... Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Now, four years after her award-winning, underground bestseller, "Little Altars Everywhere," praised by Pat Conroy as "a splendid first novel," Rebecca Wells returns with a masterfully written novel that brims with insight, humor and compassion. When Vivi and Siddalee Walker, an unforgettable mother-daughter team, get into a savage fight over a "New York Times" article that refers to Vivi as a "tap-dancing child abuser," the fallout is felt from Louisiana to New York to Seattle. Siddalee, a successful theater director with a huge hit on her hands, panics and postpones her upcoming wedding to her lover and friend, Connor McGill. Vivi's intrepid gang of lifelong girlfriends, the Ya-Yas, sashay in and conspire to bring everyone back together. In 1932, Vivi and the Ya-Yas were disqualified from a Shirley Temple Look-Alike Contest for unladylike behavior. Sixty years later, they're "bucking seventy" and still making waves. They persuade Vivi to send Sidda a scrapbook of girlhood mementos titled "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." With the scrapbook in hand, Sidda retreats to a cabin on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, tormented by fear and uncertainty about the future, and intent on discovering the key to the tangle of anger and tenderness she feels toward her mother. But Vivi's album reveals more questions than answers and leads Sidda to encounter the legacy of imperfect love and the unknowable mystery of life. With passion and a rare gift for language, Rebecca Wells moves from present to past, unraveling Vivi's life, her enduring friendships with the Ya-Yas and the reverberations of Siddalee. The collective power of the Ya-Yas, each of them totally individual andauthentic, permeates this story of a tribe of Louisiana wild women who are impossible to tame. "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" calls to mind "The Joy Luck Club" in its exploration of the relationships between mothers and daughters; in its unearthing of family secrets, it evokes "The Prince of Tides." Ultimately, in its aching longing, in its deep humor, in its heartbreaking fun and in its joy and forgiveness, Rebecca Wells has created a big, original, incandescent novel whose Louisiana landscape and indelible characters radiate with grace, wit and love. When Siddalee Walker, oldest daughter of Vivi Abbott Walker, Ya-Ya extraordinaire, is interviewed in the "New York Times" about a hit play she's directed, her mother gets described as a "tap-dancing child abuser." Enraged, Vivi disowns Sidda. Devastated, Sidda begs forgiveness, and postpones her upcoming wedding. All looks bleak until the Ya-Yas step in and convince Vivi to send Sidda a scrapbook of their girlhood mementos, called "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." As Sidda struggles to analyze her mother, she comes face to face with the tangled beauty of imperfect love, and the fact that forgiveness, more than understanding, is often what the heart longs for. "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" may call to mind "Prince of Tides" in its unearthing of family darkness; in its unforgettable heroines and irrepressible humor and female loyalty, it echoes Fannie Flagg's "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe." *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0060173289. ISBN/EAN: 9780060173289. Inventory No: 21050086.. 9780060173289, Harper & Row, 1996, 2.5, Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2008. 2nd edition. Softcover. New. 17 x 22 cm. In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn`t. Find out for yourself with Rails: Up and Running, the concise and popular book that not only explains how Rails works, but guides you through a complete test drive. Perfect for beginning web developers, this thoroughly revised edition teaches you the basics of installing and using Rails 2.1 and the Ruby scripting language. While Rails is praised for its simplicity, there are still a few tricky steps to master along the way. Rails: Up and Running offers lots of examples and covers just about everything you need to build functional Rails applications right away. Learn how to: Create simple database-backed applications, and build dynamic user-centric web pages using Ajax and REST Exploit the Rails service frameworks to send emails and implement web services Map data to an imperfect table, traverse complex relationships, and build custom finders Use techniques to solve common database performance problems See how fast you can go on Rails, and how reliable it`s become with the stability and power of version 2.1. With Rails: Up and Running, you`ll discover why Rails is a remarkable new way to build database-driven web applications. Printed Pages: 232. Rails: Up and Running, Lightning-Fast Web Development (Second Edition)Bruce A. Tate,Curt Hibbs,Lance Carlson9788184046090, Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2008, 6, Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2008. 2nd edition. Softcover. New. 17 x 22 cm. In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn`t. Find out for yourself with Rails: Up and Running, the concise and popular book that not only explains how Rails works, but guides you through a complete test drive. Perfect for beginning web developers, this thoroughly revised edition teaches you the basics of installing and using Rails 2.1 and the Ruby scripting language. While Rails is praised for its simplicity, there are still a few tricky steps to master along the way. Rails: Up and Running offers lots of examples and covers just about everything you need to build functional Rails applications right away. Learn how to: Create simple database-backed applications, and build dynamic user-centric web pages using Ajax and REST Exploit the Rails service frameworks to send emails and implement web services Map data to an imperfect table, traverse complex relationships, and build custom finders Use techniques to solve common database performance problems See how fast you can go on Rails, and how reliable it`s become with the stability and power of version 2.1. With Rails: Up and Running, you`ll discover why Rails is a remarkable new way to build database-driven web applications. Printed Pages: 232., Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2008, 6, Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2008. 2nd edition. Softcover. New. 17 x 22 cm. In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn`t. Find out for yourself with Rails: Up and Running, the concise and popular book that not only explains how Rails works, but guides you through a complete test drive. Perfect for beginning web developers, this thoroughly revised edition teaches you the basics of installing and using Rails 2.1 and the Ruby scripting language. While Rails is praised for its simplicity, there are still a few tricky steps to master along the way. Rails: Up and Running offers lots of examples and covers just about everything you need to build functional Rails applications right away. Learn how to: Create simple database-backed applications, and build dynamic user-centric web pages using Ajax and REST Exploit the Rails service frameworks to send emails and implement web services Map data to an imperfect table, traverse complex relationships, and build custom finders Use techniques to solve common database performance problems See how fast you can go on Rails, and how reliable it`s become with the stability and power of version 2.1. With Rails: Up and Running, you`ll discover why Rails is a remarkable new way to build database-driven web applications. Printed Pages: 232., Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2008, 6, Ballantine Books, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. (1st) Smaller book, blue cloth spine, cream boards lightly browned, silver lettering just good on spine, ink name inside front cover, 475 pages plus brief biographical note. DJ has glossy blue background, beautiful color-illustration at center front, praise on back for other Donaldson books. DJ has imperfect fit causing crease down long front edge, light crease down center spine, tiny wrinkles at spine bottom, light scratches on back. Near Very Good DJ/Near Very Good book., Ballantine Books, 1982, 3, Kessinger Publishing, LLC. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. 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