Kin
Tayari Jones and Brian discuss Kin, family bonds, inheritance, and the connections readers bring to a novel.
What do we owe the people who made us? This week on Shelf Care Society , I sit down with Tayari Jones to talk about her stunning new novel, Kin , an Oprah's Book Club selection. Tayari has a way of writing families that feel both intimate and expansive. In Kin , she turns her attention to legacy and inheritance through the lives of two girls, Niecy and Annie, and the bond that connects them across time. I take a shot at providing an overview of Kin— and Tayari reacts! We discuss what it means for a novel like Kin to resonate at this moment, and why stories about family, history, and inheritance continue to find us exactly when we need them.
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