All Aunt Hagar's Children

Stories

By: Edward P. Jones

Narrated by: Peter Francis James

In fourteen sublime stories, the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World shows that his grasp of the human condition is firmer than ever.

Returning to the city that inspired his first prizewinning book, Lost in the City, Jones has filled this new collection with people who call Washington, D.C., home. Yet it is not the city's power brokers that most concern him but rather its ordinary citizens. All Aunt Hagar's Children turns an unflinching eye to the men, women, and children caught between the old ways of the South and the temptations that await them in the city, people who in Jones's masterful hands, emerge as fully human and morally complex, whether they are country folk used to getting up with the chickens or people with centuries of education behind them. With the legacy of slavery just a stone's throw behind them and the future uncertain, Jones's cornucopia of characters will haunt readers for years to come.

©2006 Edward P. Jones; (P)2006 HarperCollins Publishers

Characters

I liked this book. Some characters were more compelling than others. Aunt Hagars Children was more tightly woven.

Gorgeously written

These are fascinating stories from a historical point of view but most wonderful is the way Jones captures every day living and loving. His stories have a mystical quality which is so rewarding for the reader.

Group of short stories

These short stories told of how people lived during the 30ies, through the fifties. some interesting some not.

Boring book, hard to follow plot, if there is one. I stopped in the middle.

It was very hard to know who was narrating, and the characters’ relationships weren’t clear at all. You’d need a book in front of you to keep referring back, which might help.

Characters you love to hate

This book is not to be missed. Not only are Jones's characters unforgettable (even those with a dark side), the narrator is just fantastic. Read it today!