Kin
"An unforgettable novel about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy"--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2026.
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| Edition: | First hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: | "An unforgettable novel about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy"-- In Kin, Vernice and Annie grow up as motherless neighbors and close friends in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, but their lives diverge as they reach adulthood. Vernice, raised by a protective aunt, leaves for Spelman College, where she becomes part of an influential community of Black women and confronts new experiences shaped by privilege, ambition, and social inequality. Annie, driven by the desire to find the mother who abandoned her, embarks on a journey marked by instability, risk, and emotional discovery, ultimately facing life-threatening circumstances. The novel explores themes of motherhood, friendship, identity, and the social complexities of womanhood in the American South. |
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| Item Description: | "A Borzoi book" |
| Physical Description: | 343 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780525659181 0525659188 |
| Author Notes: | Tayari Jones was born on November 30, 1970 in Atlanta Georgia. She attended Spelman College, University of Iowa, and the University of Georgia. She later attended Arizonia State University to earn her MFA. She went on to teach creative writing at the University of Illinois and George Washington University. Her first novel, Leaving Atlanta, was written in 2002 while she was a graduate student at Arizonia State University. It was about the Atlanta Child Murders of 1979-1981.Her other title's include: The Untelling, Silver Sparrow, and An American Marriage. She has been awarded the Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction, the Lillian Smith Book Award, and the Radcliffe Institute Fellowship. (Bowker Author Biography) |
