The Resource Silver sparrow, a novel by Tayari Jones
Silver sparrow, a novel by Tayari Jones
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Resource Information
The item Silver sparrow, a novel by Tayari Jones represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- In 1980s Atlanta fifteen-year-old Dana Lynn Yarboro, who is aware her father has another family and a daughter her age, crosses paths with Bunny Chaurisse Witherspoon and the two begin a friendship which is complicated when Dana realizes Bunny is her half sister
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 340 pages
- Isbn
- 9781565129900
- Label
- Silver sparrow
- Title
- Silver sparrow
- Statement of responsibility
- a novel by Tayari Jones
- Subject
-
- trueFamily secrets
- trueAtlanta, Georgia
- trueBetrayal
- Domestic fiction
- trueFathers and daughters
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- trueHalf-sisters
- trueMothers and daughters
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- truePolygamy
- Polygamy -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueTeenage boy/girl relations
- trueAfrican American families
- African American families -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage girls
- African American teenage girls -- Fiction
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1980s Atlanta fifteen-year-old Dana Lynn Yarboro, who is aware her father has another family and a daughter her age, crosses paths with Bunny Chaurisse Witherspoon and the two begin a friendship which is complicated when Dana realizes Bunny is her half sister
- Award
-
- BCALA Literary Award for Fiction, 2012.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 387429
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jones, Tayari
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3610.O63
- LC item number
- S56 2011
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African American families
- Polygamy
- African American teenage girls
- Sisters
- Mothers and daughters
- Fathers and daughters
- Atlanta (Ga.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Silver sparrow, a novel by Tayari Jones
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 340 pages
- Isbn
- 9781565129900
- Lccn
- 2010048098
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 664666689
- (OCoLC)664666689
- Label
- Silver sparrow, a novel by Tayari Jones
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 340 pages
- Isbn
- 9781565129900
- Lccn
- 2010048098
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 664666689
- (OCoLC)664666689
Subject
- trueFamily secrets
- trueAtlanta, Georgia
- trueBetrayal
- Domestic fiction
- trueFathers and daughters
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- trueHalf-sisters
- trueMothers and daughters
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- truePolygamy
- Polygamy -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueTeenage boy/girl relations
- trueAfrican American families
- African American families -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage girls
- African American teenage girls -- Fiction
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueBCALA Literary Award: Fiction Category
- trueFor Fans of The Vanishing Half
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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