Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man\'s deception, a family\'s complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the middle, set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s.
This is the third stunning novel from an author deemed one of the most important writers of her generation ( the Atlanta Journal Constitution )..
It is a relationship destined to explode.
When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters.
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. -- 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.
This is a book I\'ll read more than once.
Tayari Jones has written a novel filled with characters I\'ll never forget. -- O: The Oprah Magazine Silver Sparrow will break your heart before you even know it.
Jones\'s skill for wry understatement never wavers. . .
Full of perverse wisdom and proud joy . . .
From the New York Times Bestselling Author of An American Marriage A love story .
Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man\'s deception, a family\'s complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the middle, set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s