Thank You

Earlier this year, when I was still a bookseller at Turn the Page Books in Westfield, I was mailed a Manuscript for Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward! I am always profoundly grateful to the publishers when I have the opportunity to read and review an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC)! But, a Manuscript, is something even more special and unique.

When I read this novel I was so moved, and also completely devastated. I have a profound appreciation for writers, like Jesmyn, that can write so lyrically and beautifully. They sweep you up in the story with their incredibly gift of composition and it astounds me. This story is painful and hard, but a necessary story to be told. Books and stories like these open us up to discussions and research and I think that’s so important.

So, I would like to say thank you to Jesmyn for my signed and personalized final copy! Also, thank you to the Publisher, Scribner (an imprint of Simon & Schuster), for the incredible opportunity to read this book!