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Kin: Oprah's Book Club

by Tayari Jones

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Fresh Air, NPR · February 24, 2026

Tayari Jones on friendship, writing, and choosing your ‘Kin’

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A novel set in the Jim Crow South following two girls, Vernice and Annie, who grow up next door to each other without their mothers. Their shared wound binds them through adulthood and across class lines, exploring female friendship and a particular kind of grief the world doesn't always recognize.

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