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Family Ties
Written by Ernest Hill
Narrated by Korey Jackson
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Award-winning author Ernest Hill-who Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler called "one of our finest writers"-has drawn favorable comparisons to Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison with his powerful novels. Hill's Family Ties tells the story of D'Ray Reid, who has put prison behind him and wants to repair his broken relationship with his mother. But when D'Ray comes home, lies and legal troubles haunt his every move. "A skilled storyteller."-New York Times Book Review
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