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Men We Reaped
Ward's memoir of growing up Black in rural Mississippi and losing five young men in her community in four years — a braided account of grief, structural racism, and the specific texture of poverty.
Allo's take
Ward moves between her mother's story and her brother's death and the two timelines keep arriving at the same point by different routes. Allo picked it for the precision of what was ordinary.As an Amazon Associate, byallo earns from qualifying purchases.