The Turner House

Flournoy’s knockout debut is one of those books that should, by rights, be described as the Great American Novel. – NPR
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A page-turner. Richly wrought prose and intimate, vivid dialogue. A-. – Entertainment Weekly

For over fifty years the Turners have lived on Yarrow Street. Their house has seen thirteen children get grown and gone–and some return; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit’s East Side, and the loss of a father. But when their powerful mother falls ill, the Turners are called home to decide their house’s fate and to reckon with how their past haunts–and shapes–their future. The Turner House is a striking examination of the price we pay for our dreams, and the ways in which our families bring us home.

An epic that feels deeply personal … Flournoy’s finely tuned empathy infuses her characters with a radiant humanity. – O, The Oprah Magazine

In this assured and memorable novel, [Flournoy] provides the feeling of knowing a family from the inside out, as we would wish to know our own. – New York Times Book Review