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Tayari Jones on "Kin" & Letters & The Bonds of Family
What do we owe the people who made us?
This week on Shelf Care Society, I sit down with Tayari Jones to talk about her stunning new novel, Kin, an Oprah's Book Club selection.
Tayari has a way of writing families that feel both intimate and expansive. In Kin, she turns her attention to legacy and inheritance through the lives of two girls, Niecy and Annie, and the bond that connects them across time. I take a shot at providing an overview of Kin—and Tayari reacts!
We discuss what it means for a novel like Kin to resonate at this moment, and why stories about family, history, and inheritance…
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