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15 of Our All-Time Favorite Beach Reads

Silver Sparrow

By Tayari Jones

Publisher: Algonquin Books
Pages: 352

Why isn't Jones a household name, and why isn't this unputdownable book on every must-read list? "My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist," reveals protagonist Dana in the opening sentence of a novel that is by turns deft, delicate and devastating.

— Leigh Haber

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