On Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward quarterly book box The Westerners challenges us to

The Westerners challenges us to reimagine who we are and where we came from

With time on his hands

It’s the summer of ’96 and best friends (and secret girlfriends) Hannah and Sam are driving across the country from Long Beach

and to what happens when you throw out the script and improvise the life you want

Elspeth must confront the weight of her actions as she and Ravyn embark on a perilous quest to save the kingdom--perfect for readers of Hannah Whitten's For the Wolf and Alexis Henderson's The Year of the Witching

On Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward quarterly book box The Westerners challenges us toThe collected creative nonfiction of a singular American writer, Jesmyn Ward, including widely shared classics, three never before published speeches, and an introductory essay. Respair (noun, obsolete), fresh hope after despair. From the two time National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Jesmyn Ward, this collection of essays documents more than a decade of work in the life of a singular writer often lauded as the heir apparent