Silver sparrow - Tayari Jones

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You can purchase Silver sparrow from Rovingheights with the link above.

This is a story about two families both sharing the same father and husband; James Witherspoon. James gets married at age 15 after getting Laverne who was 14 at the time pregnant. Laverne loses the baby but stays married to James. A decade later, she gives birth to a daughter named Chaurisse but unknown to Laverne and Chaurisse, James has another wife named Gwen and another daughter named Dana. These are James’ secret family. James’ secret family knows about Laverne and Chaurisse.

Writing style: This book is divided into two parts. The first part is told from Dana’s (the illegitimate daughter) point of view while the second part of the book is told from Chaurisse’s (the legitimate daughter) point of view. It is written in the first person narrative and we follow the lives of these girls as they grow up and how their lives affect one another without being aware of it.

If you have read An American marriage, I can’t guarantee that this book will make you feel the same because it is very different from it. 

Here is the link to read my review on An American marriage.

https://jannaonyemaobi.blogspot.com/2020/10/an-american-marriage-tayari-jones.html

Tayari is very good at creating a complicated family story and then making you feel sympathy for the characters.

Character wise: The character development is well written and you can’t really judge a particular character because each of them made terrible mistakes and at the same time, they are all victims. They are just doing what they think is best. The characters act like they are real and they make decisions real humans would make if they were in similar situations.

The end surprised me but at the same time I could not think of a more suitable way the book could have ended because it is really complicated and no ending would have been perfect for it.

I gave this book three out of five because despite it's complicated nature, the plot is quite slow. I read some reviews on good read and discovered that some people really liked it, they even preferred it to an American marriage. Anyways this is just my opinion on it.

 

 

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