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by Tayari Jones (Goodreads Author)

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I thought it was interesting that Tayari Jones included herself as a very minor character in the book. Any thoughts on why she did that?

Donna I read somewhere that Tayari Jones was a child in Atlanta in those years and personally knew two of the victims. The characters in the book who were m…moreI read somewhere that Tayari Jones was a child in Atlanta in those years and personally knew two of the victims. The characters in the book who were murdered were fictional, or at least had different names. I thought it was an interesting device to add a sense of the authors presence to this story.(less)

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