Ancestors
A Grievers Novel
by adrienne maree brown
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Pub Date Jun 10 2025 | Archive Date Jul 01 2025
AK Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
Ancestors is the powerful conclusion to adrienne maree brown's Grievers trilogy—a story of how life blooms amid tragedy and hate. In the wake of a mysterious pandemic known as Syndrome H-8, the survivors of a ravaged and isolated Detroit are building a future inside the network of deserted skyscrapers that define the city’s skyline. Dune’s magic keeps a lush green wall encircling the community, and while some settle inside its safety, others grow desperate to get out, fueling the tension between shelter and confinement. As Dune’s power blossoms and her connection to the spirits of the departed deepens, she must learn how to balance the needs of her people, both living and dead.
Review copies of the previous books in the Grievers trilogy are also available by request. Find the details inside this book.
Advance Praise
"Ancestors is a moving, kaleidoscopic portrait of resistance and survival ... adrienne maree brown has written something profound, a novel exploring those things we hold dear, what we preserve, and perhaps most importantly, what we must fight to defend." —Daniel Alarcón, author of Night We Walk in Circles
"A timely narrative ... This post-industrial, post-pandemic, post-apocalyptic novel examines the collective struggle for harmony in the face of personal and collective trauma. ... Ancestors delivers tender conjecture full of somatic healing, spiritual fortitude, and human re-connection. This is the book we need." —Nandi Comer, Michigan Poet Laureate and author of Tapping Out
"In a place ‘thick with souls,’ brown tells an un-mythological story of gentrification, a deadly virus, and the undoing of systems. … Rich with beautiful Black-love-story-telling … AMB's voice speaks in lush poems that give us optimism for a tangible revolutionary Detroit future." —jessica Care moore, Detroit Poet Laureate and author of We Want Our Bodies Back
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781849355520 |
| PRICE | $19.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 268 |
