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Silver Sparrow
Tayari Jones
Silver Sparrow is set in 1980s Atlanta, told in two parts through the eyes of Dana Yarboro and Chaurrise Witherspoon, two ‘half’ sisters, but only one of them knows it. Their father James Witherspoon is a bigamist. Dana is his daughter with his second wife Gwen, and Chaurisse is the daughter of his first wife Laverne. And while Dana and Gwen very much know about Chaurisse and Laverne, Chaurisse and Laverne have no idea about them in return. This is the ultimate ‘the grass isn’t always greener’ story, where both sisters has something the other doesn’t have, and desperately wants.
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
Contrary to its title, this story predominantly centres around Agnes Bain, a glamorous and complex Glaswegian housewife struggling with alcohol addiction. Stuck raising her three children, Shuggie being the youngest, in a rundown housing settlement amongst a closed down mining town where Agnes was abandoned by her second husband. This is the tender love story of a mother and son. Prepare to have your heart strings tugged on in this sad, funny, completely gripping and utterly moving exploration of how far we will go for the ones we love.
Sorrow and Bliss
Meg Mason
Sorrow and Bliss is a coming-of-age novel of a woman turning 40. It is about relationships, love, motherhood, mental health and ultimately what makes us human. Mason’s ability to pinpoint the most relatable of human traits, and turn them into a dry satirical joke, is in my opinion, the defining point of this novel. ‘This book is both funny and sad’ is the perfect synopsis, because it is both, truly funny, and truly sad.
