All Aunt Hagar's Children is a 2006 collection of 14 short stories by Edward P. Jones that explores the lives of African Americans in 20th-century Washington, D.C. The stories delve into the struggles and resilience of characters navigating the transition from the rural South to the urban North, their familial burdens, and the complex legacy of slavery. The book is praised for its fully developed characters and its poignant, sometimes shocking, portrayal of human complexity and the American dream.
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