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Silver Sparrow, we follow two sisters with different mothers who share the same father, The girls are kept away from each other, They grow up in seemingly similar circumstances, but their father's disparate treatment of them results in different lives for the two of them, When their paths finally intersect, it leads to the unraveling of their father's carefully crafted families,

The writing in here is beautiful: evocative, nuanced, and weighty, I found myself immersed in it, unable to turn away, There is so much said and unsaid, so many emotions on the surface, but also underneath, The relationships in here are complex and fraught with peril, and each person is doing the best they can given the circumstances, but it often isn't enough,

What drew me to this book initially is that it says it's about polygamy, and I'm always fascinated by that, Why would anyone willingly participate What are the logistics But this book isn't really about that, When I think of polygamy, everyone participating has to know they are doing so otherwise, it's just plain cheating, right So this book isn't about polygamy so much as it's about cheating.
But even then, it doesn't adequately address why the participants wanted to take part in all that,

And while the story focuses on the two daughters, I'm not sure I really grasped the point of it, The narrative feels cohesive, but ultimately leading nowhere, And when it finally gets to the crux of the matter, it ends abruptly without really resolving anything, And maybe that is the point of it, that there is no resolution to such a complex set of issues, but that's not very satisfying to me as a reader.


Overall, I enjoyed the writing in this story, and its ability to provide a viewpoint into a tricky and difficult family setup, and the effects of that on the daughters.
But the narrative itself felt a bit wandering to me, without a clear goal in mind, And when it did reach a crucial point, it just sort of ended, I didn't really gain any insight from it, I kept waiting for more throughout the book, and then there was no more, Good read, not great. Can't really understand all the fuss, Keep hearing that "it's well written, " Hell aren't books supposed to be We set the bar pretty low when we say that, I pay good money for books, and for me well written is a minimum expectation, I think pace, subject matter, character, realism and prose are important when judging a book as worthy of ones' time, And in that vein, Silver Sparrow hits the mark, It is book you will enjoy talking about with others, because of the real life plot line, I liked the way drama was kept to a minimum, of course until the climax, which seemed a bit rushed, Almost like she didn't know how to end the book, I would have liked the "secret" to have been revealed earlier in the novel and see how the protagonists worked it out, This makes sense because the story is told from their perspective, The holding of it to build a dramatic climax wasn't entirely necessary, This is a minor disappointment, and does not stop me from enthusiastically recommending this book, Bookclub selection. I readpages then skimmed amp scanned to the end, It's simply not a sort of fiction I enjoy, I just didn't care for the style or tone, nor the overreliance on similes, clichés, facile observations, nor the florid summations sprinkled through out that make grand statements on life.

Maybe mine was not a blissful girlhood, But is anyone's Even people whose parents are happily married to each and no else else, even these people have their share of unhappiness, They spend plenty of time nursing old slights, rehashing squabbles, So you see, I have something in common with the whole world,

Such an intense read,

How can someone commit bigamy and get away with it
Or can they!

Deceit and lies, secrets and consequences,

What a stunning tale, Not just the women that get hurt but the girls involved too, Both around about the same age born from the belly of each of his “wives”,

When the latter part came together it was evident how such deceit went deeper than deep,

This author can surely draw you in among this family sagas complexitys,

One family a secret,
The other public.

The daughters meet, but only one knows the secret,

How will this complicated bubble burst And to what conclusions

Thoroughly enjoyed this,

If you love family drama
Secrets and lies
Complications

Youll love this, An intriguing story about an AfricanAmerican man, James, who is a bigamist, James is married to two women at the same time,and has a daughter by each of them, The weird thing is James is actually a good man and it's easy to sympathize with his predicament,

I liked the structure of the book the first half was narrated by Dana, daughter of the second wife, and the second half was narrated by Bunny, daughter of the first wife.
As Chaurisse didn't knows that her father was already married, it was pretty interesting to see what she made of things she saw and heard that we knew the cause of.
One alternately feels sorry for both Chaurisse and Dana,


All the characters in the story are quite fascinating they are all flawed human beings but that's what makes them human in my opinion, I breezed through the story, it was a very entertaining read, Silver Sparrow was chosen as one of the topbooks ofby sitelink Library Journal,

sitelink Here is an NPR article about this wonderful gem,

sitelink Here is a Washington Post about Silver Sparrow,

What does the “other woman” represent in the nightmares of women everywhere The mere thought of an “other woman” existing is terrifying, horrifying, humiliating and for many, beyond imagination.
What if the “other woman” had a child What if she lived in the same town and neighborhood What if the “other woman” was not a passing fancy, but existed in the husbands life for decades visiting her for dinner, giving her money to support herself.
What if the husbands friends and family knew about her Is the “other woman” to blame Is the child How does the child of an “other woman” grow up emotionally healthy when she knows she is living in a shadow When she knows that she is a secret What kind of man, husband, father would live this sort of double life And which family would he choose if his secret was exposed.
Silver Sparrow explores the very complicated walls and paths drawn around the hidden life that a bigamist lives and that of his secret second wife and their child,

The main portion of the story takes place during thes in Atlanta, and is told from two points of view, The book begins with Dana, the bigamists secret daughter, The unfolding of the story with Dana's point of view, immediately put Dana as the sympathetic character, And as Dana told the story, I almost was able to believe that the father may have been doing somewhat right by her, Ms. Jones is such a skillful writer, in that she allowed me to buy completely into their life, The second half of the book focuses on Chaurisse, who is also a daughter of the bigamists, but by his first marriage and thus his public relationship, From the beginning of Chaurisse's point of view, it becomes clear that what Chaurisse has is a true father and a much truer family experience, poor Dana has the castoffs, The contrast between each girls life becomes starker as the story unfolds, We learn that, incredibly, both Dana and her mother are invested in protecting the bigamists secret they are invested in protecting their life in the shadows, I say incredibly, because at some point shouldnt they become frustrated with being pushed to the side At some point will they have a need to bring it to light And how does the “first wife” not guess about the duplicity Does she not wonder why her husband is gone every single Wednesday Does she not notice that money is missing Both wives have their own careers and truly are able to support themselves and their daughters.
They are not in a situation where they are dependent on their man the bigamist to support them financially, So where does the emotional dependence come from Why stay The story does not explore these points directly asked, but they are explored implicitly,

Dana and Chaurisse are the same age, however both girls do not possess the same level of knowledge about each other or about their father, Dana and her mother know all about Chaurisse and her mother they live in their shadow, Every choice and step that Dana and her mother take is tempered by whether Chaurisse and her mother will be there or choose to do something similar, Dana is truly a “second”, Chaurisse and her mother have no idea that Dana exists, But Chaurisse “gets” her father on a daily basis, she lives with him and has the intimacy of a fatherdaughter relationship, Dana does not have any of this, Her father, while a weekly visitor, is a mystery and almost an intangible,

Through the telling of the story by Dana and Chaurisse, readers are also taken back in history and treated to a story telling of the adults lives as children.
The characters in Silver Sparrow are richly developed, not only Dana and Chaurisse, but also the ancillary characters that assist in creating and maintaining! this situation the mothers, the father, and the fathers best friend.
Through the interplay of the various characters, readers are pulled into this beautifully told story, And let me tell you, it is an entertaining immersion, you will not

regret it, but it is painful as well, There are some truly heartbreaking scenes where the characters hurt each other hurt in a deep emotional way, Hurt in a way that as a reader, I did not know how they could survive such pain,

This is a wonderful story, a beautiful book and I highly recommend it!

Enjoyable, but I wish the author had taken it to an even deeper socialpsychological level.
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SILVER SPARROW is another book that made me go, "Man, can I write like this when I grow up" The opening line hooked me right in and didn't let me go until the end of the book.
Told in two POVs and set in thes, SILVER SPARROW is about two girls: Chaurisse and Dana, They're sisters but they don't know it, because their father is a bigamist who's married to both their moms at the same time,



Dana, the first narrator, is the daughter who knows, She's also the secret daughter, the one who lives in shame and has to watch her mom mooning after this man who doesn't even live with them, Her only consolation is that she's the "pretty" one, but pretty doesn't make up for not feeling loved, and as she watches Chaurisse, she becomes obsessed with this sister who doesn't know she exists, to the point where she starts finding excuses to be where she is.




You know that eventually they're going to meet, and that it's probably going to be explosive, and I think the author definitely comes to the clutch with the drama, because when the inevitable happened, I actually exclaimed aloud.
As other reviewers have said, the end is a bit of a lull, butof the book had me figuratively gripping the pages, waiting to see what would happen next, and I did like the ending, even though it's a quieter ending than I expected for a book like this.
Also, thes nostalgia is EVERYTHING, In some ways, Jones's book reminded me a lot about Jess Lourey's, I think Tayari Jones does for Georgia in thes what Jess Lourey does for Minnesota in thes,



I'd seen AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE floating around and the summary didn't interest me at all, but after reading and loving this book so much, I might have to check that one out, as well.
Ms. Jones has also been writing the introductions for a lot of really great books, like Delores's Phillips's THE DARKEST CHILD, Ann Perry's THE STREET, and Alice Walker's MERIDIAN, With THE DARKEST CHILD, I could definitely see the influences that book may have had on this work, so if you, like me, end up falling in love with this author and end up needing more, more, more, check out those three aforementioned books, as well.




.I hated that I waited so long to read this book,

Tayari Jones walked my neighborhood, along my streets, past stores I shopped in and restaurants I ate at in Atlanta, Her characters went to schools my friends went to and many of their experiences were mine too, Those nostalgic's when life seemed to be bathed in neon and everyone wore jellies, but not even bright colors could cover up some of the scandals that rocked the local hair salons with gossip in real life and also in this almosttruetolife story written by Tayari Jones.


Dana and Chaurisse don't appear to have very much in common, but they do share something very significant they have the same father, even though only one of them knows it.
Their mutual dad, James, is a bigamist who lives his double life with the help of his best friend Raleigh, Written from the perspectives of both daughters, sitelinkSilver Sparrow is the story of two separate families learning to live with a secret that only some of them are aware of.
It is a suspenseful and heartbreaking journey into what it means to be a family and how the people in your life impact your selfworth,

I have to admit that it didn't end the way I expected, I was more than a little disheartened at that, But I realized that was part of the beauty of this book, it was personal to me, And after all, isn't that the mark of a great author,