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Journal Entry 1 by indygo88 from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Saturday, July 05, 2008
 "Nonny Frett understands the meaning of the phrase "in between a rock and a hard place" better than any woman alive. She's got two mothers, "one deaf-blind and the other four baby steps from flat crazy." She's got two men: a husband who's easing out the back door; and a best friend, who's laying siege to her heart in her front yard. And she has two families: the Fretts, who stole her and raised her right; and the Crabtrees, who won't forget how they were done wrong. Now, in Between, Georgia, a feud that began the night Nonny was born is escalating and threatening to expose family secrets. Ironically, it might be just what the town needs...if only Nonny weren't stuck in between."
I read this on audio via the library just within the last month or so, but then picked up this new hardcover copy at the book warehouse sale. I hadn't previously read any Joshilyn Jackson (although I have her other two on my wishlist...not sure how I missed this one?!) & was very pleasantly surprised by how much I really liked this book! I think after reading the description I was expecting it to be maybe more chick-lit"ish", but it wasn't at all. It read more like a "good" bad soap opera (I guess maybe you have to read it to understand that description?) -- quite funny with all the southern dialect, but yet the characters were so real, or at least seemed to be. I could totally picture all the happenings in the book, as ridiculous as some of them seemed. Overall, I really loved the writing style & now definitely have to pursue Jackson's other titles.
(hardcover)
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Journal Entry 3 by SimplyCee from Baltimore, Maryland USA on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Thanks!
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December 2, 2008: Reserved for 2003 or Newer VBB on Book Obsessed.
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Journal Entry 4 by CdnBlueRose from Arvada, Colorado USA on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Received today - thanks SimplyCee!! I really enjoyed Gods in Alabama, so I'm looking forward to reading this one!
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Between, Georgia
