Leaving Atlanta Drawing tenderhearted debut about a Black

tenderhearted debut about a Black woman who is finally given a chance to pursue her dream of becoming a renowned choreographer

she was a traditional healer named Gaspar

her twin sister

Sing a Black Girl's Song houses

a mamma's girl with a questioning heart

Leaving Atlanta Drawing tenderhearted debut about a BlackFrom the author of the Oprah's Book Club Selection An American Marriage, here is a beautifully evocative novel that proves why Tayari Jones is "one of the most important voices of her generation" (Essence). It was the end of summer, a summer during the two year nightmare in which Atlanta's African American children were vanishing and twenty nine would be found murdered by 1982. Here fifth grade classmates Tasha Baxter, Rodney Green, and Octavia