O Magazine Lists Silver Sparrow as an All-Time Favorite in Annual Books of Summer Issue Tayari Jones Posted on June 21, 2014 by NewsJune 21, 2014 Why isn’t Jones a household name, and why isn’t this unputdownable book on every must-read list? “My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist,” reveals protagonist Dana in the opening sentence of a novel that is by turns deft, delicate and devastating. — Leigh Haber