![]() ![]() ![]() The Turner children are called home to decide its fate and to reckon with how each of their pasts haunts - and shapes - their family's future.Īlready praised by Ayana Mathis as "utterly moving," The Turner House brings us a colorful, complicated brood full of love and pride, sacrifice and unlikely inheritances. But now, as ailing matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her eldest son, the family discovers that the house is worth just a 10th of its mortgage. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. Their house has seen 13 children grown and gone - and some returned it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit's East Side, and the loss of a father. ![]() The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over 50 years. A powerful, timely debut, The Turner House marks a major new contribution to the story of the American family. ![]()
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