Silver Sparrow by Jones, Tayari

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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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).

Additional information

Publisher ‏ : ‎

Algonquin Books

Publication date ‏ : ‎

May 8, 2012

Edition ‏ : ‎

Signed copy

Language ‏ : ‎

English

Print length ‏ : ‎

368 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎

1616201428

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎

978-1616201425

Item Weight ‏ : ‎

2.31 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎

5.56 x 0.81 x 8.19 inches

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#672 in Literary Fiction (Books)

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