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Oprah Winfrey Picks "Kin" by Tayari Jones for Book Club: Read a Free Excerpt

Jones’s novel explores 1950s Jim Crow Louisiana through characters Annie and Vernice and was selected by Oprah as her second book club pick for the author.

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Oprah Winfrey chose Tayari Jones' book "Kin" as her latest book club pick. Read a free excerpt here.

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Oprah picks Tayari Jones again, crowning a novel born from ‘word doodling’

Author Tayari Jones opens up about the "thyroid storm" and the writer’s block that nearly derailed her follow-up to her global bestseller.

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Oprah Winfrey picks "Kin" by Tayari Jones for book club: Read a free excerpt

Oprah Winfrey chose Tayari Jones' book "Kin" as her latest book club pick. Read a free excerpt here.

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Oprah Announces Kin as Her 121st Book Club Pick

The latest book by Tayari Jones, the author of "An American Marriage," felt to Oprah "like a trip back home."

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