![]() But more than that, Jones has created in her main characters tour guides of that region: honest, hurt, observant and compelling young women whose voices cannot be ignored. ![]() This is the third stunning novel from an author deemed "one of the most important writers of her generation" (the Atlanta Journal Constitution ).ĮoeTayari Jones has taken Atlanta for her literary terroir, and like many of our finest novelists, she gives readers a sense of place in a deeply observed way. It is a relationship destined to explode. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoon's two families-the public one and the secret one. This is a book I'll read more than once." - Judy Blume With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, "My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist," author Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man's deception, a family's complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle. ![]() Tayari Jones has written a novel filled with characters I'll never forget. ![]() Jones's skill for wry understatement never wavers." - O: The Oprah Magazine " Silver Sparrow will break your heart before you even know it. ![]() From the New York Times Bestselling Author of An American Marriage "A love story. ![]()
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