{"product_id":"let-us-descend","title":"Let Us Descend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first weapon I ever held was my mother's hand. On a slave plantation in the Carolinas, Annis has survived in the light of her mother's resilience, comforted by stories of her African warrior grandmother.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEverything she knows, she learned from her mother - how to fight, how to be strong, how to grow up in a world shrouded in darkness. When she is sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, Annis must venture onward through the rich but unforgiving landscapes of the American South alone: from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans, and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Searching for relief in memories of her mother, she opens herself to a world beyond her own, teeming with spirits of earth, water, history and myth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA reimagining of American slavery as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching, \u003cem\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/em\u003e offers a magnificent portrait of the strength of the human spirit and its ability to emerge from darkness into light. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a story of beauty, love, rebirth and reclamation - a masterwork for the ages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jesmyn Ward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44125022224641,"sku":"9781526666765","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-1368.png?v=1728404943","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/let-us-descend","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}