I had planned to read SILVER SPARROW first thing on my vacation, but somehow other books got in the way, and I didn’t start reading it until the last day of my vacation. Big mistake. I got sucked into such an intense book thrall, that I ended up having to take the first day after I came back from my vacation to finish reading it, just so I could get on with my life and, you know, promote my own dang book. Anyway, here are my thoughts on SILVER SPARROW by Tayari Jones. What’s It About: A bigamist marries two women and ends up having a daughter with each of them. Dana, the “secret” daughter, knows about Chaurisse, the “offiicial” daughter, but not vice versa. The story is told from their two points of view. What Makes It Different: t I’ve heard about secret families plenty of times IRL, seen them on TV and at the movies. But I’ve never read a book about a “silver sparrow.” This made it immediately fascinating from like page one. What I Loved: SILVER SPARROW is a rare combination: beautiful language, poetic prose, wonderful character work — but still a page turner. What’s even more amazing is that you know pretty much what’s going to happen later within the first few pages, but watching it all unfold — glorious! It was like undoing what appeared to be a basic white origami crane and finding a compelling pattern on the inside of the paper. If you’re in a book club, order this joint yesterday, you will talking about it for days. In the middle of the book, which I had downloaded as an e-book, I ordered the hardcover, and gave it to my visiting SIL to read, just so...