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Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction | 2026 | Winner | “In a powerfully compelling novel that brims with the cadences of the Black South, Jones explores the women's diverging lives while using them as a lens to observe social injustice in language that is intimate, conversational, and musical.” |
About This Book
Two lifelong friends grow up motherless in Louisiana, and Tayari Jones follows their diverging lives as a lens on social injustice in the Black South. Winner of the 2026 Kirkus Prize for Fiction.
About the Author
Tayari JonesAmerican
Tayari Jones was born in 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Atlanta's historically Black Southwest neighbourhoods, which form the backdrop for much of her fiction. She earned a BA from Spelman College, an MA from the University of Iowa, and an MFA from Arizona State University. She is a professor of creative writing at Emory University in Atlanta. Read more →
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