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Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United KingdomBabushka Books & Framers
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- Title
- Silver Sparrow
- Author
- Tayari Jones
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publication
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1786077965
- ISBN 13
- 9781786077967
- Edition
- First Separate.
* Tayari Jones's brand new novel, KIN, is available to pre-order now! Out March 2026 *
*SILVER SPARROW IS THE BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK*
From the award-winning author of An American Marriage comes this breathtaking tale of a sisterhood defined by a father's secret, perfect for fans of Brit Bennett and Yaa Gyasi
'MY FATHER, JAMES WITHERSPOON, IS A BIGAMIST.'
SECRETS
Dana and Chaurisse are sisters who have never met. The only thing binding them together is the life-changing secret of their father's double life.
LIES
Only one of them knows the truth about James and his hidden family. When the girls do finally meet and become friends, the fragile promise that has kept his secrets safe for so long threatens to implode.
HOPE
This soulful story of friendship and sisterhood paints an unforgettable picture of the messy knots that bind families together, from the author of modern classic, An American Marriage.
AN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A GUARDIAN 'BEST BOOK OF 2020 TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS' * A BOOKSELLER SMALL PUBLISHERS 2020 TOP 20
'Do not miss this can’t-actually-stop-reading-it novel from the author of the Women's Prize for Fiction-winning An American Marriage.' Stylist
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About the Author
Tayari Jones is the internationally bestselling author of four novels, most recently An American Marriage, winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019. Jones is the recipient of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a United States Artist Fellowship, NEA Fellowship and a Radcliffe Institute Bunting Fellowship. She is also a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Born in Atlanta, Jones is a graduate of Spelman College, University of Iowa, and Arizona State University. She is currently professor of Creative Writing at Emory University and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
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Babushka Books & Framers
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
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