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The Untelling

by Tayari Jones · 2005 · 325 pages

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Aria Jackson lived through the car crash that killed her father and baby sister when she was nine. At 25 she begins to unearth secrets about family, friends, her past, and her altered reality in this journey through truth and forgiveness.

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Genre
literary fictionwomen’s fiction
Themes
african americanwomen
Setting
2000samerican southafrica
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
medium · 325 pages

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