Tayari Jones
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's the end of summer in Atlanta, and fifth-grade classmates Tasha Baxter, Rodney Green, and Octavia Harrison will discover back-to-back school means facing everyday challenges in a new world of safety lessons, terrified parents, and constant fear. Set during the two-year nightmare in which Atlanta's Black chidren vanishing and twenty-nine would be found murdered by 1982, LEAVING ATLANTA portrays one of the darkest tragedies in American history...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new edition of this award-winning modern classic, with an introduction by Tayari Jones (An American Marriage), an excerpt from the never before seen follow-up, and discussion guide.
Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle’s, estimation, but she’s also...
Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle’s, estimation, but she’s also...