E-audiobook
Silver sparrow [electronic resource] : a novel / by Tayari Jones.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780792777908 (electronic audio bk.)
- ISBN: 0792777905 (electronic audio bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- Publisher: [North Kingstown, R.I.] : BBC Audiobooks America, 2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Unabridged. Audio file. Title from image of compact disc container on Web page (viewed May 31, 2011). Previously released on compact disc, 2011. Duration: 10:30:00. "Sound Library"--Container. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Rosalyn Coleman Williams and Heather Alicia Simms. |
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| Genre: | Downloadable audio books. Domestic fiction. Audiobooks. |
Electronic resources
- Blackstone Pub
Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, Silver Sparrow 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 when secrets are revealed and illusions shattered. As Jones explores the backstories of her rich yet flawed characters--the father, the two mothers, the grandmother, and the uncle--she also reveals the joy, as well as the destruction, they brought to one another's lives. At the heart of it all are the two lives at stake, and like the best writers--think Toni Morrison with The Bluest Eye--Jones portrays the fragility of these young girls with raw authenticity as they seek love, demand attention, and try to imagine themselves as women, just not as their mothers. - Findaway World Llc
With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, âMy father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist,â author Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a manâs deception, a familyâs complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the middle.
Set in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoonâs two familiesâthe 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 when secrets are revealed and illusions shattered.
As Jones explores the backstories of her rich yet flawed charactersâthe father, the two mothers, the grandmother, and the uncleâshe reveals the joy, as well as the destruction, they brought to one anotherâs lives. At the heart of it all are the two lives at stake, and like the best writersâthink Toni Morrison with The Bluest EyeâJones portrays the fragility of these young girls with raw authenticity as they seek love, demand attention, and try to imagine themselves as women.
