That night, while the family celebrates with a store-bought cake, Michael calls to tell Leonie that he is being released from prison. The novel opens with Jojo accompanying Pop as he slaughters a goat. They leave behind Leonie's mother, Mam, who is dying of cancer, and Pop, (who cannot bring himself to go back to Parchman. Leonie's own father, River (Pop to his grandchildren), was falsely imprisoned there during the 1940s. In the present day, the 13-year-old Jojo and his little sister accompany his mother, Leonie, and her friend, Misty, on a trip to retrieve the children's father, Michael, from Parchman. Sing, Unburied, Sing follows the story of a family whose history is tied up with the Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm. The following version of this book was used to create this Study Guide: Ward, Jesmyn.
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