Flournoy, Angela

The Turner house on Yarrow Street in Detroit has stood for fifty years and has seen over a dozen children born and raised, grandchildren visit, the fall of the neighborhood, and the loss of the family patriarch. When the Turner family matriarch falls ill and loses her independence, the adult Turner children return to the house to decide its fate.

"The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen 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 house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. 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 tenth of its mortgage. 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"--Provided by publisher.