Tayari

Atlanta magazine had a great list of recent Southern literature recommendations. When we saw that list, my daughter and I agreed to read our way through the whole dang list.

First up: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones.

What a wonderfully compelling story Tayari Jones has woven in this novel about two girls with the same father who happens to be married to two women (their mothers) at the same time. Set in 1980's Atlanta in the African-American community, this tale draws you into the world of two young black women trying to find themselves while also discovering the shocking news that they share the same father and inconvenient truth of his bigamy.

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