In October 2000 Jesmyn Wardâs 19-year-old brother, Joshua, was killed by a white drunk driver. Rather than being charged with manslaughter, the driver was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and received a light sentence. The painful experience inspired Ward to become a writer. In particular, her acclaimed 2013 memoir Men We Reaped focuses on a four-year period marked by the deaths of her brother and four other young men she knew from her home community.
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