![]() ![]() ![]() 'Jones conjures up 1980s Atlanta with conviction and has a pungently descriptive turn of phrase. Told from both their points of view, this is a book about love and belonging, family and secrets and a reminder that we all have our own take on things: rightly or wrongly.' - Stylist Opening with the instantly gripping sentence: "My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist," it's the story of two sisters - Dana and Chaurisse - one whom knows her father's secret and one who doesn't. 'Do not miss this can't-actually-stop-reading-it novel (out 19 March) from the author of the Women's Prize for Fiction-winning An American Marriage. 'This book is as moving, intimate and wise as An American Marriage on the topics of marriage, family and womanhood, and deserves similar acclaim.' - The Guardian shrewd exploration of off-the-record relationships.' - Sunday Telegraph ![]() 'Bigamy is what gives the novel its dramatic impetus, but it's the double coming-of-age story that gives it heart. latest novel also studies a way of loving, and of being a family, that doesn't fit the confines that American society allows or expects.' - The Spectator It's hard to resist the momentum of this dual coming-of-age story, and Jones's imperfect, large-hearted heroines are not soon forgotten.' - The Observer A Most Anticipated Book for 2020 according to the Sunday Times, the FT and the Guardian. ![]()
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