Tayari Jones on Southern Life & Friendship
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Tayari Jones latest novel, Kin, is her most Southern work yet, drawing from family history and her time at Spelman College. The story follows two lifelong friends, Vernice and Annie, from the fictional town of Honeysuckle, Louisiana, who grow up without mothers in the 1950s and 1960s. Jones moved back to Georgia to capture authentic Southern life, free from outside expectations, and pushes back on narrow views of the region. She highlights healthy friendships between Black women and the complexities of separations and new bonds.
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