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SUMMARY:Manchester Literature Festival presents Tayari Jones  
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DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival is delighted to welcome bestse
 lling author Tayari Jones to discuss her highly anticipated new novel Ki
 n.  \n \nBorn days apart in Honeysuckle\, Louisiana\, Vernice and Annie 
 grow up inseparable\, bound by a shared loss: neither will ever know her
  mother. Coming of age in segregated America in the 1950s and 60s\, thei
 r lives diverge as Vernice pursues education and escape from Honeysuckle
 \, through marriage into an affluent family\, while Annie becomes consum
 ed by the need to find her absent mother. When Annie’s search draws her 
 into danger\, it is Vernice who must risk everything to save her. Grippi
 ng and emotionally rich\, Kin explores love\, loyalty and the limited ch
 oices available to women.   \n \nHear from one of the warmest\, wisest a
 nd most irresistible voices in contemporary fiction as Tayari Jones disc
 usses mothers and daughters\, lifelong friendship and the truths that sh
 ape us. \n \n‘It’s among Tayari’s many gifts that she can touch us soul 
 to soul with her words.’ Oprah Winfrey  \n \n‘Jones writes with intellig
 ence and a lively wit\, but there’s more – a warmth that forces you to c
 are about these people as if you had met them.’  The Times \n \nTayari J
 ones is the internationally bestselling author of four novels\, includin
 g An American Marriage\, winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019\, 
 and Silver Sparrow. An Oprah’s Book Club pick\, her work has won multipl
 e literary awards. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Emory Univers
 ity and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University
  and lives in Atlanta\, Georgia. \n \nPresented in partnership with the 
 Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester.  \n 
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LOCATION:Manchester Central Library\, St Peter's Square\, Manchester \, M
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