The Turner House

· HarperCollins
4.4
27 reviews
Ebook
356
Pages
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About this ebook

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

A powerful, timely debut, The Turner House marks a major new contribution to the story of the American family.

The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen children grown and gone—and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit’s East Side, and the loss of a father. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. But now, as ailing matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her eldest son, the family discovers that the house is worth just a tenth of its mortgage. The Turner children are called home to decide its fate and to reckon with how each of their pasts haunts—and shapes—their family’s future.

Praised by Ayana Mathis as “utterly moving” and “un-putdownable,” The Turner House brings us a colorful, complicated brood full of love and pride, sacrifice and unlikely inheritances. It’s a striking examination of the price we pay for our dreams and futures, and the ways in which our families bring us home.


 

Ratings and reviews

4.4
27 reviews
Tracy L Haggins
December 28, 2015
Funny. Ain't nothing like family drama. Good book! Just please don't make a sequel!
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Karen D
May 5, 2016
Wonderful book about families,love,hope,joy,and sadness.well written and very much worth reading. Leaves you with a feeling of peace and joy .
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Sharon Malone
August 13, 2016
A Great read about family, life, time and changes. Aunt Ella Mae would be proud!!!
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About the author

ANGELA FLOURNOY is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the University of Southern California. Her fiction has appeared in the Paris Review, and she has written for the New Republic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and other publications. She has taught writing at the University of Iowa and Trinity Washington University. She was raised by a mother from Los Angeles and a father from Detroit.


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