<p>What does family mean to two motherless daughters? That question is at the centre of <em>Kin</em>, a new work of historical fiction by Tayari Jones. It’s about the bond between two girls in the American South as they end up on starkly different paths, and a deeply human look into life for Black Americans on the brink of the civil rights movement. You might know Tayari from her novel <em>An American Marriage</em>, which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2019. Until <em>Kin</em>, Tayari called herself a “committed” contemporary novelist. But when those two characters from the 1950s came to her, she had no choice but to write a historical novel that ended up on Oprah’s list.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Liked this conversation? Keep listening:</p><ul><li><a href="https://link.mgln.ai/47jbkb " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Strip club … or culture hub?</a></li><li><a href="https://link.mgln.ai/t6ykoa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">An opera singer gives voice to t...