Kin / Tayari Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Tayari, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Louisiana--Fiction.

Louisiana.

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Best friends--Fiction.

Best friends.

African American women--Fiction.

African American women.

Mothers and daughters--Fiction.

Mothers and daughters.

Abandoned children--Fiction.

Abandoned children.

College students--Fiction.

College students.

Life change events--Fiction.

Life change events.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

343 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.

Summary:

"An unforgettable novel about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy"-- Provided by publisher.

"Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home in the wake of her mother’s death, Vernice leaves Honeysuckle at eighteen for Spelman College, where she joins a sisterhood of powerfully connected Black women and discovers a world of affluence, manners, aspiration, and inequality. Annie, abandoned by her mother as a child and fixated on the idea of finding her and filling the bottomless hole left by her absence, sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity, as well as love and adventure, culminating in a battle for her life"-- Provided by publisher.

"An unforgettable novel about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy"-- Provided by publisher.

In Kin, Vernice and Annie grow up as motherless neighbors and close friends in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, but their lives diverge as they reach adulthood. Vernice, raised by a protective aunt, leaves for Spelman College, where she becomes part of an influential community of Black women and confronts new experiences shaped by privilege, ambition, and social inequality. Annie, driven by the desire to find the mother who abandoned her, embarks on a journey marked by instability, risk, and emotional discovery, ultimately facing life-threatening circumstances. The novel explores themes of motherhood, friendship, identity, and the social complexities of womanhood in the American South.

Notes:

"A Borzoi book." -- title page verso.

Oprah's book club, 2026

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version Jones, Tayari Kin

ISBN:

9780525659181

0525659188

OCLC:

1535602889