Where the Line Bleeds : Scribner : 9781501164330 : 1501164333 : 16 Jan 2018 : The first novel from National Book Award winner and author of Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward, a timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict&;&;a lyrical yet clear-eyed portrait of a rural South and an African American reality that are rarely depicted&; (The Boston Globe). Where the Line Bleeds is Jesmyn Ward&;s gorgeous first novel and the first of three novels set in Bois Sauvage&;followed by Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing&;comprising a loose trilogy about small town sourthern family life. Described as &;starkly beautiful&; (Publishers Weekly, starred review), &;fearless&; (Essence), and &;emotionally honest&; (The Dallas Morning News), it was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award. Joshua and Christophe are twins, raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in rural Bois Sauvage, on