Where the Line Bleeds

In Jesmyn Ward's novel Where the Line Bleeds, twins Joshua and Christophe are raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in a rural town on Mississippis Gulf Coast. Over the course of a summer, they are forced to make decisions that will ultimately damn or save them, portraying fraternal love and strife and the bonds that can sustain and torment us.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 19 April 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward's first book is a classic Southern tale of brotherly love and family strife. Joshua and Christophe are twins who were raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in a rural town on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Over the course of a single, life-changing summer, as they struggle to find work and deal with the return of their parents, Cille, who left town for a better job, and Sandman, a dangerous addict, the brothers are forced to make a series of decisions that will ultimately damn or save them. A delicate and closely observed portrait of fraternal love and strife and the bonds that can sustain and torment us, Where the Line Bleeds marks the beginning of Jesmyn Ward's extraordinary career in fiction.

Weight: 184g
Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781408899823