Every other Jesmyn Ward novel was checked out in my whole library system, so I snagged her debut. Reading it from my job at the Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico, overlooking the shipyard, while my main character work in the docks on the Gulf of Mexico. #ambiance
Carleneishere Update: in one of the field trips we offer, we teach the kids that bauxite (an ingredient in aluminum) and frozen poultry are major exports in the Port of Mobile. Jesmyn Ward mentions both casually in the novel! A+ for research and accuracy! 7y
