Published: First in US in 2008 then in UK 2016 by Bloomsbury Genre: Fiction Themes: Mississippi Gulf Coast, family, drug culture, employment issues My rating (out of 5): ❤❤❤ The style of writing in Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward is as hard and unyielding as a sheet of steel. It forces us to look closely at a lifestyle that most of us will never experience, but is a true representation of how it is to live in some communities of the American South. Christophe and Joshua are twin brothers who have been raised by their grandmother Ma-mee after their single mother took off to try and find a better life in Atlanta. They have had very little contact with either their mother or father, but the wider family of uncles and aunts has supported the boys as their grandmother gradually lost her sight to diabetes. After graduation the boys must look for work, but the only options available to them are fast food restaurants or heavy manual work down at the docks. Joshua i...