Jesmyn Ward

Navigate Your Stars

Illustrator: Triplett, Gina

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A revelatory, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated meditation on dedication, hard work, and the power of perseverance from the beloved, New York Times bestselling, and two-time National Book Award?winning Jesmyn Ward. For Tulane University's 2018 commencement, Jesmyn Ward delivered a stirring speech about the value of hard work and the importance of respect for oneself and others. Speaking about the challenges she and her family overcame, Ward inspired everyone in the audience with her meditation on tenacity in the face of hardship. Ward's moving words will inspire readers as they prepare for the next chapter in their lives, whether, like Ward, they are the first in their families to graduate from college or are preceded by generations, or whether they are embarking on a different kind of journey later in life. Beautifully illustrated in full color by Gina Triplett, this gorgeous and profound book will charm a generation of students?and their parents. Ward's inimitable voice shines through as she shares her experience as a Southern black woman and addresses the themes of grit, adversity, and the importance of family bonds. Navigate Your Stars is a perfect gift for anyone in need of inspiration from the author of Salvage the Bones, Men We Reaped, and Sing, Unburied, Sing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribner Book Company
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 186mm x 141mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 172g
• ISBN-13: 9781982131326
• ISBN-10: 1982131322
• Artikelnr.: 57094744

Autorenporträt

Jesmyn Ward; illustrated by Gina Triplett

Rezensionen

Blazing with power, grief and tenderness. Ward takes the territory made so familiar by writers such as William Faulkner or Eudora Welty, and reclaims it