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* AN OPRAH''S BOOK CLUB PICK *

A spectacular achievement' ANTHONY DOERR
Extravagantly beautiful' DAILY MAIL
One of the greatest writers of all time' JACQUELINE WOODSON
Extraordinary' GUARDIAN
The best book I've read in years' LOUISE KENNEDY

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The 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. Everything 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

Let Us Descend

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 8 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9781526666765
      978-1526666765
      ISBN-10 1526666766
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      * AN OPRAH''S BOOK CLUB PICK *

      A spectacular achievement' ANTHONY DOERR
      Extravagantly beautiful' DAILY MAIL
      One of the greatest writers of all time' JACQUELINE WOODSON
      Extraordinary' GUARDIAN
      The best book I've read in years' LOUISE KENNEDY

      -----------------------

      The 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. Everything 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

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