{"product_id":"silver-sparrow-9781616201425","title":"Silver Sparrow","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eAn American Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A love story . . . Full of perverse wisdom and proud joy . . . Jones's skill for wry understatement never wavers.\" \u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eSilver Sparrow\u003c\/i\u003e will break your heart before you even know it. Tayari Jones has written a novel filled with characters I'll never forget. This is a book I'll read more than once.\" \u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eJudy Blume\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the opening line of \u003ci\u003eSilver Sparrow\u003c\/i\u003e, \"My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist,\" author Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man's deception, a family's complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel 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. This is the third stunning novel from an author deemed \"one of the most important writers of her generation\" (\u003ci\u003ethe Atlanta Journal Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJones, Tayari:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tayari Jones is the author of four novels, including \u003ci\u003eSilver Sparrow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Untelling\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLeaving Atlanta\u003c\/i\u003e. Jones holds degrees from Spelman College, Arizona State University, and the University of Iowa. A winner of numerous literary awards, she is a professor of creative writing at Emory University. Visit her website at www.tayarijones.com.","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614650339602,"sku":"9781616201425","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e1813a6-c8b5-426a-9e6e-79910a3aea73.jpg?v=1732455113","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/silver-sparrow-9781616201425","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}