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Tayari Jones
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank my MFA students and the citizens of Newark, New Jersey for teaching me the value of my education. I’d always valued what I learned in school, but never gave myself any credit...
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Silver Sparrow
— published 2011 — 11 editions |
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Leaving Atlanta
— published 2002 — 8 editions |
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The Untelling
— published 2005 — 9 editions |
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| I liked this book, but never quite fell in love with it. I stuck with it until the end, but I didn't wonder about it when I wasn't reading it. I think it's because Tobias, the main character, didn't quite win my heart. I felt bad about what happened...more | |
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| This novel is not for everybody. The satire is sharp and the wit is downright wicked. Fans of Percival Everett will rejoice. I appreciated the bold plot and the complicated POV. I read the entire book on a six hour flight. | |
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| This book kept me up all night. Creepy but not gory, disturbing and smart. I am looking forward to her other works. | |
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“People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.”
― Tayari Jones
― Tayari Jones
“I knew by then that I would never have my mother back, not in the way I had known her all my life. When you have seen your mother shattered, there's no putting her back together. There will always be seams, chipped edges, and clumps of dried glue. Even if you could get her to where she looks the same, she will never be stronger than a cracked plate.”
― Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow
― Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow
“And this is how it started. Just with coffee and the exchange of their long stories. Love can be incremental. Predicaments, too. Coffee can start a life just as it can start a day. This was the meeting of two people who were destined to love from before they were born, from before they made choices that would complicate their lives. This love just rolled toward my mother as though she were standing at the bottom of a steep hill. Mother had no hand in this, only heart.”
― Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow
― Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow
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