Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for FictionFiction | 2011 | Winner |
About This Book
For twelve days in August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches the Gulf Coast, fifteen-year-old Esch Batiste watches her brothers prepare for the storm: her oldest brother tries to train his prize fighting pit bull, China, who has just whelped her first litter. A ferocious, deeply lyrical novel about a Black family in rural Mississippi in the days before and after Katrina.
About the Author
Jesmyn WardAmerican
Jesmyn Ward is an American novelist and professor of creative writing at Tulane University. Born in DeLisle, Mississippi, in 1977, she grew up in rural Mississippi, an environment that has profoundly shaped her fiction. She studied at the University of Michigan and Stanford University and received her MFA from Michigan. Read more →
