It is an absorbing love story, but it is also an examination of class in America, and it captures with sharp insight a moment in recent history.”-Colm Tóibín, author of BrooklynĪvailable in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Download Editions. Groundskeeping is filled with close observation, detailed shading. Stringfellow.Īn indelible love story about two very different people navigating the entanglements of class and identity and coming of age in an America coming apart at the seams-this is “an extraordinary debut about the ties that bind families together and tear them apart across generations” (Ann Patchett, best-selling author of The Dutch House). Click to Watch Our Debuts to Note Author Panel Featuring Tara M. Tara Stringfellow will be an author to watch for years to come.”-Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the BoneĪvailable in Hardcover, eBook, Audio, and Large Print Editions. “I fell in love with this family, from Joan’s fierce heart to her grandmother Hazel’s determined resilience.
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