Leaving Atlanta

Leaving Atlanta

<b>FROM THE AUTHOR OF <i>AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, </i>AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION<br><br></b>It's the end of summer in Atlanta, and fifth-grade classmates Tasha Baxter, Rodney Green, and Octavia Harrison will discover that back-to-school means facing everyday challenges in a new world of safety lessons, terrified parents, and constant fear. Because it was the summer during which Atlanta's African-American children were vanishing. <br><br>The moving story of their struggle to grow up and survive shimmers with the piercing, ineffable quality of childhood, as it captures all the hurts and little wins, the all-too-sudden changes, and the merciless, outside forces that can sweep the young into adulthood and forever shape their lives.<br><br><b><u>PRAISE FOR TAYARI JONES</u></b><br>"Tayari Jones is <b>blessed with vision</b> to see through to the surprising and devastating truths at the heart of ordinary lives, <b>strength </b>to wrest those truths free, and <b>a gift of language</b> to lay it all out, compelling and clear."-Michael Chabon<i></i><br><br>"Tayari Jones has emerged as<b> one of the most important voices of her generation</b>."-<i>Essence</i><br><br>"One of <b>America's finest writers.</b>"-Nylon.com<br><br>"Tayari Jones is a <b>wonderful storyteller</b>." -<i>Ploughshares</i><br><br>