J.K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
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J.K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Jean Kwok's cross-cultural novel Girl in Translation about a teenager girl trying to find the balance between her U.S. upbringing and Chinese heritage is now in paperback!
Rita Rudner
I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.
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Rita Rudner
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2002
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint --- and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
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Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2002
Editorial content for Silver Sparrow
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Melanie Smith
Have you ever wondered what life would be like growing up in a family of bigamists? The situation seems unthinkable, but it happens. I'm not referring to a strange polygamist cult with unusual beliefs and an alternate lifestyle. I'm speaking of ordinary folks just like you and me, except that they live in secret and hide from the ones they love. Read More
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In a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, James Witherspoon has two families --- the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters.
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In a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, James Witherspoon has two families --- the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters.
About the Book
With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, “My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist,” author Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man’s deception, a family’s complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle.
Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoon’s two families --- the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode. This is the third stunning novel from an author deemed “one of the most important writers of her generation” (the Atlanta Journal Constitution).
