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Between, Georgia

Joshilyn Jackson

2006294 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2006
first published
  • 2006Grand Central Publishing · ENGISBN 9780759516076
  • 2006Warner Books · 294 pages · ENGISBN 9780446524421
  • 2006Center Point Pub. · 333 pages · ENGISBN 9781585478668
  • 2007Warner BooksISBN 9780446699457
  • 2006Hachette AudioISBN 9781594832093
  • 2008Hachette Audio · ENGISBN 9781600241086

Nonny Frett understands the meaning of the phrase "inbetween a rock and a hard place" better than any womanalive. She's got two mothers, "one deaf-blind and theother four baby steps from flat crazy." She's got twomen: a husband who's easing out the back door; and abest friend, who's laying siege to her heart in her frontyard. And she has two families: the Fretts, who stole herand raised her right; and the Crabtrees, who won't forgethow they were done wrong. Now, in Between,Georgia, a feud that began the night Nonny was bornis escalating and threatening to expose family secrets.Ironically, it might be just what the town needs...if onlyNonny weren't stuck in between.

How it feels

Emotional toneUnflinching

How it reads

Plot intensityCharacter driven
Character focusSmall ensemble
ComplexityLayered

When and where

ThemesFamily
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