One hopes Flournoy has more stories to tell about them." -Shelf Awareness "What makes The Turner House profound is its reality, its observation of a family so diverse and well-drawn that they seem real." - BookPage "Flournoy’s spare, headstrong style enables her to lay bare, without pretensions, a story about the black American diaspora in which slavery, segregation, and gentrification are all joined in a single narrative." -The Nation "A funny yet heart-wrenching book, both beautiful and revealing of all the ways close human beings relate to one another (and to places and things) over time." - The Buffalo News "It is Flournoy's finely tuned empathy that infuses her characters with a radiant humanity." - O, the Oprah Magazine "Flournoy creates a vivid portrait of fictional characters in a real city. "In this assured and memorable novel, provides the feeling of knowing a family from the inside out, as we would wish to know our own." - The New York Times Book Review "Flournoy's richly wrought prose and intimate, vivid dialogue make this novel feel like settling deeply into the family armchair." -Entertainment Weekly "Flournoy’s debut is a lively, thoroughly engaging family saga with a cast of fully realized characters." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "An elegant and assured debut." -The Washington Post "One of the many strengths of this book - entertaining, well-written and keenly insightful without calling attention to itself - is its clear-eyed, unsentimental vision." -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel " The Turner House belongs on the shelf with the very finest books about one of America’s most dynamic, tortured, and resilient cities.There are cracklingly alive scenes inside pawn shops and factories, casinos and living rooms." -The Millions "Encompassing a multitude of themes, including aging and parenthood, this is a compelling read that is funny and moving in equal measure." - Booklist, starred review "The conversations between the Turner siblings ring true, and so do the family's tension and affection.
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