Tayari Jones
Born: 11-30-1970
Tayari Jones is an acclaimed American author known for her insightful exploration of family, race, and identity. Her bestselling novel "An American Marriage" won the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction and was an Oprah's Book Club selection. Jones, a professor of creative writing, has received numerous accolades, including the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her storytelling is celebrated for its emotional depth and keen social commentary.
Book summaries for books written by Tayari Jones
Quotes
But home isn't where you land; home is where you launch.
There are too many loose ends, too many things that can go wrong. I don't want to be the cause of any more pain.
I can't imagine anything worse than going through life without you by my side.
There's something about this place, something about the way the light hits the ground and the air smells, that makes me feel like I'm living in a dream.
A marriage is more than your heart, it's your life. And we are not sharing ours.
I'm not sure I ever understood what it meant to be a man until I met you.
You don't know what you're capable of until you're asked to rise.
I guess you could say that I'm the kind of person who can't help but make a clean break when things are over.
The thing is, there are so many sides to a story, so many shades to a person.
I think sometimes you have to tell a lie in order to live your truth.
The truth is a heavy burden to carry. It's like a bag of rocks that weighs you down.
I was never the kind of person to believe in fate, but meeting you has made me reconsider everything I thought I knew.