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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-10
1616201428
ISBN-13
9781616201425
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110978353
Product Key Features
Book Title
Silver Sparrow
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, African American / General, Literary
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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eoeTayari 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. 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 . . . Impossible to put down until you find out how these sisters will discover their own versions of family.e e" Los Angeles Times, "Charting a vast emotional unknown is Tayari Jones's compelling third novel, Silver Sparrow , in which a teenage girl's coming of age in 1990s Atlanta is shadowed by her dawning understanding of a corrosive secret her father's second family." Vogue, "A love story . . . Full of perverse wisdom and proud joy . . . Jones's skill for wry understatement never wavers." - O: The Oprah Magazine, "[Jones] is fast defining middle-class black Atlanta the way Cheever did Westchester " - Village Voice, "A tense, layered and evocative tale...Jones explores the rivalry and connection of siblings, the meaning of beauty, the perils of young womanhood, the complexities of romantic relationships and the contemporary African-American experience."- Minneapolis Star Tribune, eoeA tense, layered and evocative tale...Jones explores the rivalry and connection of siblings, the meaning of beauty, the perils of young womanhood, the complexities of romantic relationships and the contemporary African-American experience.ee" Minneapolis Star Tribune, eoe[An] expansive third noveleJones effectively blends the sisterse(tm) varied, flawed perspectives as the characters struggle with presumptions of family and the unwieldy binds of love and identity.ee"Booklist, "[An] expansive third novel...Jones effectively blends the sisters' varied, flawed perspectives as the characters struggle with presumptions of family and the unwieldy binds of love and identity."--Booklist, eoeCharting a vast emotional unknown is Tayari Jones's compelling third novel, Silver Sparrow , in which a teenage girl's coming of age in 1990s Atlanta is shadowed by her dawning understanding of a corrosive secret e" her father's second family.e e" Vogue, "Absorbing . . . Jones writes dialogue that is realistic and sparkling, with an intuitive sense of how much to reveal and when."-- Washington Post, "That Jones offers no pat answers is the secret sauce spicing Silver Sparrow . The prose goes down so compulsively that it might be easy to miss the heart of the story. She shines a light on a particular disenfranchised group, the children who grow up in second families." - The Denver Post, "If your mom is a fan of emotionally charged morality tales (and whose mom isn't?), she's going to devour Tayari Jones's third novel, Silver Sparrow , in a single sitting. Jones, a native Atlantan, once again mines her town for material and strikes serious pay dirt. Sparrow introduces us to sisters Dana Lynn Yarboro and Bunny Chaurisse Witherspoon, who were born four months apart from different mothers and have never met. One reason? Their father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist who has gone to great pains to ensure they remain in the dark about each other. And when they do meet, that's when Sparrow gets really good."--Essence, eoeAbsorbing . . . Jones writes dialogue that is realistic and sparkling, with an intuitive sense of how much to reveal and when.e-- Washington Post, "Tayari Jones's immensely pleasurable new novel pulls off a minor miracle... Subtly exploring the power of labels... Jones crafts an affecting tale about things, big and small, we forfeit to forge a family. There are no winners in this empathetic and provocative story, only survivors."- MORE, eoeImpossible to put down until you find out how these sisters will discover their own versions of family.ee" Los Angeles Times, eoeThis is a heartbreaking story of two sisters, unknown to each other at first, who find and love each other for a short time in their lives.e e" The Oklahoman, "This is a precisely written, meticulously controlled work. It's also one that leaves room for the messiness of fragmented lives - an impressive command of the craft at hand, and its paradoxes."- Vol. 1 Brooklyn, eoeThat Jones offers no pat answers is the secret sauce spicing Silver Sparrow . The prose goes down so compulsively that it might be easy to miss the heart of the story. She shines a light on a particular disenfranchised group, the children who grow up in second families.e e" The Denver Post, eoeTayari Jones's immensely pleasurable new novel pulls off a minor miracle... Subtly exploring the power of labels... Jones crafts an affecting tale about things, big and small, we forfeit to forge a family. There are no winners in this empathetic and provocative story, only survivors.ee" MORE, eoe Silver Sparrow is rich, substantive, meaningful. It is also, at turns, funny and sharp, haunting and heartbreaking.ee" The Root, Tayari 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. 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 . . . Impossible to put down until you find out how these sisters will discover their own versions of family. Los Angeles Times, eoeThis is a precisely written, meticulously controlled work. Ite(tm)s also one that leaves room for the messiness of fragmented lives e" an impressive command of the craft at hand, and its paradoxes.ee" Vol. 1 Brooklyn, "Impossible to put down until you find out how these sisters will discover their own versions of family."- Los Angeles Times, "Charting a vast emotional unknown is Tayari Jones's compelling third novel, Silver Sparrow , in which a teenage girl's coming of age in 1990s Atlanta is shadowed by her dawning understanding of a corrosive secret - her father's second family." - Vogue, "[Jones] is fast defining middle-class black Atlanta the way Cheever did Westchester " Village Voice, Jones gives us permission to love all of the novels women, though they are flawed and often refuse to love each other. Thats a recipe for great book club discussions. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "This is a heartbreaking story of two sisters, unknown to each other at first, who find and love each other for a short time in their lives." The Oklahoman, "Tayari Jones's immensely pleasurable new novel pulls off a minor miracle . . . Jones crafts an affecting tale about things, big and small, we forfeit to forge a family . . . There are no winners in this empathetic and provocative story, just survivors." - More, "A love story... full of perverse wisdom and proud joy....Jones's skill for wry understatement never wavers."e"O, The Oprah Magazine, "A love story... full of perverse wisdom and proud joy....Jones's skill for wry understatement neverwavers." O, The Oprah Magazine, eoePopulating this absorbing novel is a vivid cast of characters . . . Jones writes dialogue that is realistic and sparkling, with an intuitive sense of how much to reveal and when . . . One of literaturee(tm)s most intriguing extended families.e e" The Washington Post, Populating this absorbing novel is a vivid cast of characters . . . Jones writes dialogue that is realistic and sparkling, with an intuitive sense of how much to reveal and when . . . One of literatures most intriguing extended families. The Washington Post, " Silver Sparrow is rich, substantive, meaningful. It is also, at turns, funny and sharp, haunting and heartbreaking."- The Root, eoeTayari Jonese(tm)s immensely pleasurable new novel pulls off a minor miracle . . . Jones crafts an affecting tale about things, big and small, we forfeit to forge a family . . . There are no winners in this empathetic and provocative story, just survivors.e e" More, "Populating this absorbing novel is a vivid cast of characters . . . Jones writes dialogue that is realistic and sparkling, with an intuitive sense of how much to reveal and when . . . One of literature's most intriguing extended families." - The Washington Post, "Tayari 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. 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 . . . Impossible to put down until you find out how these sisters will discover their own versions of family." - Los Angeles Times, eoeA love story . . . Full of perverse wisdom and proud joy . . . Jonese(tm)s skill for wry understatement never wavers.e e" O: The Oprah Magazine, "This is a heartbreaking story of two sisters, unknown to each other at first, who find and love each other for a short time in their lives." - The Oklahoman, That Jones offers no pat answers is the secret sauce spicing Silver Sparrow. The prose goes down so compulsively that it might be easy to miss the heart of the story. She shines a light on a particular disenfranchised group, the children who grow up in second families. The Denver Post, eoeIf your mom is a fan of emotionally charged morality tales (and whose mom isne(tm)t?), shee(tm)s going to devour Tayari Jonese(tm)s third novel, Silver Sparrow , in a single sitting. Jones, a native Atlantan, once again mines her town for material and strikes serious pay dirt. Sparrow introduces us to sisters Dana Lynn Yarboro and Bunny Chaurisse Witherspoon, who were born four months apart from different mothers and have never met. One reason? Their father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist who has gone to great pains to ensure they remain in the dark about each other. And when they do meet, thate(tm)s when Sparrow gets really good.ee"Essence, "A love story... full of perverse wisdom and proud joy....Jones's skill for wry understatement never wavers."--O, The Oprah Magazine, eoe[Jones] is fast defining middle-class black Atlanta the way Cheever did Westchester e e" Village Voice, "Jones gives us permission to love all of the novel's women, though they are flawed and often refuse to love each other. That's a recipe for great book club discussions." - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tayari Joness immensely pleasurable new novel pulls off a minor miracle . . . Jones crafts an affecting tale about things, big and small, we forfeit to forge a family . . . There are no winners in this empathetic and provocative story, just survivors. More, Charting a vast emotional unknown is Tayari Jones's compelling third novel, Silver Sparrow , in which a teenage girl's coming of age in 1990s Atlanta is shadowed by her dawning understanding of a corrosive secret--her father's second family., eoeJones gives us permission to love all of the novele(tm)s women, though they are flawed and often refuse to love each other. Thate(tm)s a recipe for great book club discussions.e e" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
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From the New York Times Bestselling Author of An American Marriage "A love story . . . Full of perverse wisdom and proud joy . . . Jones's skill for wry understatement never wavers." -- O: The Oprah Magazine " Silver Sparrow will break your heart before you even know it. Tayari Jones has written a novel filled with characters I'll never forget. 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. 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. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode. This is the third stunning novel from an author deemed "one of the most important writers of her generation" (the Atlanta Journal Constitution )., From the New York Times Bestselling Author of An American Marriage "A love story . . . Full of perverse wisdom and proud joy . . . Jones's skill for wry understatement never wavers." -- O: The Oprah Magazine " Silver Sparrow will break your heart before you even know it. Tayari Jones has written a novel filled with characters I'll never forget. 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. 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. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode. This is the third stunning novel from an author deemed "one of the most important writers of her generation" ( the Atlanta Journal Constitution ).
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