![]() ![]() ![]() Every Wednesday, James and the man he regards as his brother, come to visit Gwen and Dana, Raleigh carrying a flame for Gwen. These two grow up in very different circumstances: Chaurisse the child of parents proud of their success after a rocky start Dana’s deeply resentful mother taking her on spying trips spent sneering at their less attractive but more secure counterparts. Chaurisse was born four months after Dana, a longed-for child whose brother had been stillborn. ![]() Fully aware of what they were doing, Gwen had been determined to give their daughter Dana some sort of legitimacy. Married to Laverne when she was pregnant at just fourteen, he stood up before a judge ten years later with Gwen, the woman he’d met when buying Laverne’s anniversary present. I wasn’t entirely sure I’d read it, not having been quite as impressed with An American Marriageas the judges, but its premise is an intriguing one: two teenage sisters become friends but only one knows that they share the same father. Originally published in the US back in 2011, Tayari Jones’ Silver Sparrow has been released here in the UK on the heels of Jones’ 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction triumph. ![]()
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