![]() Aria has done everything right, until she needs to stretch the truth a bit to Dwayne after she learns she’s unfertile. Aria’s sisters deal with the tragedy in their own ways. Aria’s mother is a bit unhinged and becomes more so after her husband dies. Jones is gifted at showing the intricate complexities of trying to live a good life. The remaining story is of Aria, working through how she’s going to live a life that wasn’t what she imagined. ![]() What transpires is that Aria is going through early menopause. When Aria misses her period, and feels sick, she determines she’s pregnant. At the age of 25, she meets a good man, Dwayne. She lives in a crumbling apartment in the bad part of town. They won’t go near that tree.įifteen years later, Aria is trying to “adult.” She got her college degree and works in nonprofit. That tree becomes a symbol to her mother and older sister of the demise of the family. The story begins with a tragic car accident Aria’s, the protagonist, family car hit a magnolia tree, killing her father and her baby sister. It was the second attempt at listening to the story, that I realized the story itself is good, the writing is good. ![]() ![]() I would have chosen Nicole Lewis or Bahni Turpin…someone with a little sass. Blackmon has a beautiful voice it wasn’t the voice I would have chosen. I chose the audio format, narrated by Michele Blackmon. When I saw “The Untelling” l had to get it. Her prose, the story, just everything about it was great. I found Tayari Jones novel, “An American Marriage” amazing. ![]()
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