Author | Tayari Jones |
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Country | US |
Nominating Library | New York Public Library, USA |
Publisher | Algonquin Books, USA |
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With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, “My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist,”Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man’s deception, a family’s complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle.
(From Publisher)
Tayari Jones has written for McSweeney’s, the New York Times, and the Believer. Her previous novels are Leaving Atlanta and The Untelling, winner of the Lillian C. Smith Award. Jones holds degrees from Spelman College, Arizona State University, and the University of Iowa. She serves on the MFA faculty at Rutgers-Newark and blogs on writing at www.tayarijones.com
A secret bigamist’s two daughters meet and form a friendship that is explosive and heart breaking. Flawed characters surrounded by tight prose.
Exceptional writing and storytelling.
Author | Tayari Jones |
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Country | US |
Nominating Library | New York Public Library, USA |
Publisher | Algonquin Books, USA |
Search for this book in the Dublin City Library Encore system and arrange a suitable location for loaning it.
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