Sing, Unburied, Sing

My Review (Spoiler Free)

Sing, Unburied, Sing is a beautiful book about family, loss, grief, and trying to find your place in this world. The book follows a multi-generational, multi-racial family in rural Southern Mississippi. JoJo, our main protagonist, is a twelve-year-old boy who lives with his aging grandparents. His black mother and white father are unmarried drug addicts. JoJo's mother has left the raising of JoJo and his younger sister Kayla to her parents, but struggles with wanting to have the respect of a mother. JoJo's father is in prison at Parchman and his white grandparents want nothing to do with him or his sister. What unfolds over the roughly 300 hundred pages is a gripping story that leaves you rooting for each character to emerge from the tension and grief to be better versions of themselves. 

This was a very moving story and throughout the book, I felt as if I could easily run into this family in my town. The interwoven aspects of VooDoo and family tradition particularly drew me to this family and this story. I highly recommend this book and it is best to go in with very little information.