With their father dead and their mother bedbound, the eldest son Charles (Cha-Cha) assumes the role of the head of the household and tries to convince his siblings to do the one thing they all fear. Their ailing mother owes the bank forty thousand dollars, though the house is now only worth four. The family home on Yarrow Street that their parents worked to buy has depreciated in value at a dramatic pace. Struggling against a city in financial decline and still reeling from the wounds of civil unrest, the Turner siblings are faced with a dilemma. Weaving between the past and the present, the narrative is an intimate journey into the lives of Francis, Viola and their thirteen adult children. Set in Detroit between 19, Angela Flournoy’s debut novel spans not only a great sweep of time, but also a wide and tumultuous cast of characters.

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The Turner House by Angela Flournoy