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The Turner House
First edition
AuthorAngela Flournoy
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical fiction
Set inDetroit
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt

Publication date

2015
Publication placeUnited States
Pages320
ISBN978-0-544-30316-4
OCLC971095526
Websitewww.angelaflournoy.com/theturnerhouse

The Turner House is a 2015 debut novelbyAngela Flournoy. The novel was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction and later won the VCU First Novelist Award.

Background

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Though Flournoy's father's family is originally from Detroit, she had not lived in the city, so did considerable research to be able to depict the different 20th century periods of life in Detroit depicted in the novel.[1]

Plot

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The novel tells the story of a Detroit family with 13 children as it responds to the economic woes of the city, in both the 1940s, and then in 2008. The house that sees the changes in the family, also becomes a character in the family's saga.[1]

Style

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Flournoy gives considerable tribute to Zora Neale Hurston as an inspiration for her work, and reviewers made comparison of the novel to works like Hurston's Mules and Men.[2][1]

Reception

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The novel received strong positive reviews.[3] Kirkus Reviews wrote that "Flournoy’s writing is precise and sharp, and despite several loose ends [...] the novel draws readers to the Turner family almost magnetically."[4] The Nation reviewer Hannah K. Gold focused on how the novel successfully explores the dispossessed African American family, and praises the novel writing that it is "a story transformed by intragenerational retelling rather than passed down. It’s quick and dirty mythmaking."[2] Writing at The New York Times, Matthew Thomas called The Turner House a "assured and memorable novel."[5]

BuzzFeed reported that The Turner House enjoyed strong sales in addition to positive critical reception: "According to Bookscan, which tracks around 70% of U.S. book sales, her book has sold over 15,000 copies in paperback and hardcover as of April [2016]; anything over 10,000 is generally considered high for literary fiction."[6]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gleaves, Jeffery (2015-06-04). "Haunting Houses: An Interview with Angela Flournoy". Paris Review Daily. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  • ^ a b "House of the Dispossessed". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  • ^ Brown, Stacia L. (23 April 2015). "'The Turner House' takes on mental health in black families". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  • ^ THE TURNER HOUSE by Angela Flournoy. Retrieved 2016-05-08. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  • ^ Thomas, Matthew (29 April 2015). "'The Turner House,' by Angela Flournoy". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  • ^ Shafrir, Doree (April 25, 2016). "Why America Is Ready For Novelist Angela Flournoy". BuzzFeed. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  • ^ Gwinn, Mary Ann (20 December 2016). "'The Turner House' is the 2017 Seattle Reads pick". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  • ^ "Angela Flournoy wins VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for 'The Turner House'". Richmond Times-Dispatch. July 26, 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

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