6 Dazzling New Beach Reads (Plus 15 Classics)
Read them by the sea, by the pool, on the porch. Each one is secret
vacation inside your vacation.
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Silver Sparrow
By Tayari Jones
352 pages;
Algonquin Books
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
Published 06/20/2014