SILVER SPARROW, by author, Tayari Jones, recommended by author, Randy Susan Meyers

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Author 

(Randy Susan Meyers is giving a copy of each of her three books away! See below.)

Title of Fiction book and year it was published 

SILVER SPARROW    2012/Algonquin Books

Author name

Tayari Jones

Type of book

Family Drama

What is it about this book that pulled you in?

RSM ~ In the opening of Tayari Jones’ novel Silver Sparrow the narrator’s direct candor took me deep faster than any string of fancified words could:

My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist. He was already married ten years when he first clamped eyes on my mother. In 1968, she was working at the gift-wrap counter at Davison’s downtown when my father asked her to wrap the carving knife he had bought his wife for their wedding anniversary. Mother said she knew that something wasn’t right between a man and woman when the gift was a blade. I said that maybe it means there was a kind of trust between them.

Right from the start I knew I was getting truth straight up.

Is there a relationship in the story that resonated with you?

RSM ~ The narrator’s relationship with her parents fascinated me. Tayari Jones portrays the way children watch every move their parents make, knowing their mother and father far better than their parents realize. The manner in which the narrator tries to get her father’s love, despite knowing she is his second-best child, is heartbreaking, as is her making sure she is ‘good’ for him.

Do you think that relationship was portrayed realistically?

RSM ~ I was with this family every moment. The author had me in her spell from the first sentence and never let me go.

Anything else you want to tell us about the book without giving away too much of the plot?

RSM ~ Bigamy, a not uncommon happening in our country, is rarely portrayed. SILVER SPARROW captures it from the most important point of view--that of a child from the union. In addition, the fate of being the secret child is a gripping topic, which Jones captures perfectly. On top of this, her writing is exquisitely accessible.

JHA ~ Thank you so much, Randy, for taking the time to recommend this book that I'll definitely be adding to my TBR stack.  Also, thank you for your generosity in your three-book-giveaway!  

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