| International Standard Book Number |
9780525659198 (electronic book)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780525659181 (hardback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0525659188 (hardback)
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| Personal Name |
Jones, Tayari, author.
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| Title Statement |
Kin / Tayari Jones.
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| Edition Statement |
First hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
343 pages ; 25 cm.
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| General Note |
"A Borzoi book." -- title page verso.
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| General Note |
Oprah's book club, 2026
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| Summary, Etc. |
"An unforgettable novel about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Summary, Etc. |
In Kin, Vernice and Annie grow up as motherless neighbors and close friends in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, but their lives diverge as they reach adulthood. Vernice, raised by a protective aunt, leaves for Spelman College, where she becomes part of an influential community of Black women and confronts new experiences shaped by privilege, ambition, and social inequality. Annie, driven by the desire to find the mother who abandoned her, embarks on a journey marked by instability, risk, and emotional discovery, ultimately facing life-threatening circumstances. The novel explores themes of motherhood, friendship, identity, and the social complexities of womanhood in the American South.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Oprah's book club.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Life change events Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mothers and daughters Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Female friendship Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Best friends Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Abandoned children Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
College students Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African American women Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Louisiana Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Campus fiction.
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