“Sing, Unburied, Sing” is a profound novel by Jesmyn Ward. The book is Jesmyn Ward’s third novel and follows a family in the fictional town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi. The story centers on Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, who live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, and the occasional presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi.