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Summary  In 1980s Atlanta, two teenage girls become friends,
with only one knowing that they are in fact both daughters of
the same bigamist father, and as their friendship develops their
father's secret begins to unravel.  Read an excerpt of this book
NPR stories about Silver Sparrow  New In Paperback  A Way With
Words, Money, Crime And Secrets  The secret that informs the
family story in Tayari Jones' third novel, Silver Sparrow, is
revealed in the first line: "My father James Witherspoon is a
bigamist." As critic Rigoberto Gonzalez explains, "two families
live with this reality, but only one knows the truth. The
daughters become friends. They