In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Tayari Jones’s new novel, about two motherless girls and their lifelong search for family. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin is an editor at the Book ...

Tayari Jones begins her superb new novel "Kin" with the harrowing start to life for two girls born in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, in the 1940s. Vernice is six months old when her parents die in a burst of ...

When a character refers to the dual narrators of “Kin” as “crib sisters,” he’s immediately informed that the correct term is “cradle,” not “crib.” There’s a reason for that distinction, I think.

I’m Gilbert Cruz, and this is the “Book Review” from “The New York Times.” On this week’s episode, our monthly book club discussion. This time, our host, MJ Franklin, leads a conversation about “Kin,” ...