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Silver sparrow by tayari jones7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() After Chaurisse's birth, Gwen pressures James to illegally marry her which he consents to though he does not leave Laverne.ĭana grows up with the knowledge that her father is married to another woman and has another daughter. Dana is born shortly before the birth of James's daughter Chaurisse, from his marriage to his wife Laverne. Her mother, a young divorcée named Gwen Yarboro, becomes James Witherspoon's mistress. Plot ĭana Lynn Yarboro's parents meet in Atlanta, Georgia when her father is buying an anniversary present for his wife. In 2019, the writer and actress Issa Rae announced plans to adapt the novel into a film. Jones was inspired to write the book by her own relationship with her sisters who were over a decade older than her and who she felt lived very different lives than her own. The novel follows the complicated relationship between two families, joined together by a bigamist father. Silver Sparrow is the third novel by the American author Tayari Jones, which was first published in 2011. ![]()
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