Tayari Jones Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/tayari-jones/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Wed, 07 Feb 2024 23:29:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Tayari Jones Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/tayari-jones/ 32 32 38398750 Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/02/leaving-atlanta-by-tayari-jones/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/02/leaving-atlanta-by-tayari-jones/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:25:05 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18214 In 1979 a serial killer in Atlanta began targeting Black children. This disturbing truth is the premise for Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones. A painfully powerful novel it chronicles the lives of three 10-year-olds living in the neighborhoods where children were vanishing. For each, the disappearances and murders will have an impact on their lives, […]

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