It falls face forward in the dirt, turns its head to the side so it’s looking up at me … It shows me its soft eye, but I don’t look away, don’t blink. “Pop wrestles the goat like it’s a man, and the goat’s knees buckle. Here is, for instance, a vivid scene of killing a goat. Her beautiful writing makes it difficult to put down the book. Ward’s lyrical prose wins readers’ heart right in the first chapter. The story of the novel is quite engrossing and keeps one hooked up. As the point of view shifts from one person to another, a rich, dark and intense narrative starts unfolding that engulfs the readers into itself. To find out the ending, Richie’s ghost joins Jojo on his trip back to home. He narrates Richie’s story with great interest but he never tells the ending of that story. Pop met Richie, as a young man, when he was himself in Parchman. The visit to Parchman (the state penitentiary) to bring Micheal home brings in the plot, Richie’s ghost, who is a part of Pop’s past. Given was a victim of racism and Michael is somehow linked with his death.

Leonie is also able to see her brother, Given’s ghost, when she is high on drugs. The ghosts are an important part of the novel. The story is mostly told from Jojo, Leonie and a ghost, Richie’s point of view. She decides to make a trip to North along with her children to get Michael.įrom their, all the threads come up. The action of the novel kick starts with Leonie announcing Michael’s release. She is married to a white man, Michael, who is in Jail. His mother- a drug addict, has everything but a motherly concern. Jojo is a young boy who is getting acquainted with the ways of world under the guidance of his grandfather Pop. Above all it is the story of homecoming of the dead and the alive. It is the story of Leonie’s father, Pop- as they call him, who is burdened with his past and his wife, Mam, who is suffering from Cancer. It is the story of their nigger mother, Leonie and her white husband, Michael. It is the story of a thirteen year old boy, Jojo and his baby sister, Kayla. “Sing, Unburied, Sing” is a family saga set in Mississippi.

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