![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jones's skill for wry understatement never wavers." Kevin Wilson in a Salon feature on writers' favorite books of 2011 It is amazing to watch, time and time again in this book, how Jones reveals the ways in which family both creates and destroys our identity." "In Silver Sparrow-an amazing novel about a man with two families, one hidden and one public-Jones does something breathtaking and difficult: She renders a unique family dynamic with such precision and sensitivity that it becomes universal. Michele Norris of NPR's All Things Considered "This is a complicated, heartbreaking and very rich story about how secret sisters find each other but lose as much as they gain in the process." Jones explores the rivalry and connection of siblings, the meaning of beauty, the perils of young womanhood, the complexities of romantic relationships and the contemporary African-American experience." ![]()
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