Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award

Winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

Praise for The Residue Years

'Powerful . . . Jackson's prose has a spoken-word cadence, the language flying off the page with percussive energy . . . There is warmth and wit and a hard-won wisdom about the intersection of race and poverty in America' Roxane Gay, New York Times Book Review

'A wrenchingly beautiful debut by a writer to be reckoned with, The Residue Years marks the beginning of a most promising career' Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing

'This novel is written with a breathtaking, exhilarating assurance and wit. Terrific' The Times

'A raw heartwreck of a novel . . . one of the fictional families I have cared about most' Amy Hempel, author of The Collected Stories