“Flournoy’s knockout debut is one of those books that should, by rights, be described as the Great American Novel.” — NPR
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The Week “A page-turner. Richly wrought prose and intimate, vivid dialogue. A–.” —
Entertainment Weekly For over fifty years the Turners have lived on Yarrow Street. Their house has seen thirteen children get grown and gone—and some return; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit’s East Side, and the loss of a father. But when their powerful mother falls ill, the Turners are called home to decide their house’s fate and to reckon with how their past haunts—and shapes—their future.
The Turner Houseis a striking examination of the price we pay for our dreams, and the ways in which our families bring us home.
“An epic that feels deeply personal . . . Flournoy’s finely tuned empathy infuses her characters with a radiant humanity.” —
O, The Oprah Magazine “In this assured and memorable novel, [Flournoy] provides the feeling of knowing a family from the inside out, as we would wish to know our own.” —
New York Times Book ReviewA novel centered on the journey of the Turner family and its thirteen siblings, particularly the eldest and youngest, as they face the ghosts of their pasts—both an actual haint and the specter of addiction—the imminent loss of their mother, and the necessary abandonment of thel๓,