Silver Sparrow
by:
Tayari Jones (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781565129900 (1565129903)
ASIN: 1565129903
Publish date: 2011-05-24
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Adult,
African American,
Family,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Fiction
I heard this book being discussed in an on-line book festival and it sounded fascinating. (...so I guess on-line festivals do work for disseminating new titles.)The premise of the book appealed to me: one father with two wives and two similarly aged daughters, only one of whom was aware the other ex...
I first heard of Tayari Jones years ago when I read The Secret Miracle. The Secret Miracle was one of those “round-table” author books where writers are asked a question and each author shares their perspective. Tayari Jones was one of the participants. I decided to keep score and figured I would re...
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2012/03/silver-sparrow-by-tayari-jones.html
An intriguing story about an African-American man, James, who is a bigamist. James is married to two women at the same time,and has a daughter by each of them. The weird thing is James is actually a good man and it's easy to sympathize with his predicament.I liked the structure of the book; the firs...
Sad but really enjoyable. I loved the plain-spoken writing and the palpable differences in the narrators. I also want to punch James in the nose.
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