Review by Tayari Jones – A horrifying tale of motherlessness books
AAnnie and Vernice (or Niecy, as Annie calls her) are “foster friends” raised in their hometown of Honeysuckle, Louisiana, in 1950s America. The heroes are defined by their motherlessness and their individual tragedies and their individual drives to escape pre-written destinies. In this haunting novel of motherhood and sisterhood, Tayari Jones writes about unknowability –