The Big Read: Tayari Jones on Silver Sparrow

Tuesday, May 2, 2017 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterSet in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta during the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoon's families: the public one and the secret one. When Witherspoon's daughters from each family meet, they form a friendship, but 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 and flawed characters, she al