- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (29 Jun 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340921927
- ISBN-13: 978-0340921920
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 190,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'What a storyteller! What a new, original voice!' (Adriana Trigiani, author of Lucia, Lucia )
'Jackson's debut is a startling page turner... This is a beautifully crafted, sassy novel, where nothing is quite as it seems, and the way the final pieces of the jigsaw slot together... should surprise even the most jaded of readers.' (Glamour on GODS IN ALABAMA )
'It's such a joy to happen upon a novel as good as this' (Daily Mail on GODS IN ALABAMA )
'Dark, moving and very addictive' (Heat on GODS IN ALABAMA )
'Suspenseful, addictive and truly memorable, it is a must-read if ever there was one.' (Sarah Broadhurst, Lovereading.co.uk )
'Jackson's debut is a startling page turner... This is a beautifully crafted, sassy novel, where nothing is quite as it seems, and the way the final pieces of the jigsaw slot together... should surprise even the most jaded of readers.' (Glamour on GODS IN ALABAMA )
'It's such a joy to happen upon a novel as good as this' (Daily Mail on GODS IN ALABAMA )
'Dark, moving and very addictive' (Heat on GODS IN ALABAMA )
'Suspenseful, addictive and truly memorable, it is a must-read if ever there was one.' (Sarah Broadhurst, Lovereading.co.uk )
'A fast-paced thriller written so well that you think you are really reading a slow-burning novel.'
(The Times )Product Description
A feud that began the night a baby was stolen is escalating...
Nonny Frett understands the meanings of 'rock' and 'hard place'. She's got two men: her husband is easing out the back door and her best friend is laying siege to her heart in her front yard. She has a job that holds her in the city, and she's addicted to a little girl stuck deep in the country. And she has two families: the Fretts, who stole her and raised her right, and the Crabtrees, who lost her and can't forget they've been done wrong. Now a random act of violence is about to set the torch to a thirty-year-old stash of highly flammable secrets. This might be just what the town needs if only Nonny wasn't sitting in the middle of it...
Nonny Frett understands the meanings of 'rock' and 'hard place'. She's got two men: her husband is easing out the back door and her best friend is laying siege to her heart in her front yard. She has a job that holds her in the city, and she's addicted to a little girl stuck deep in the country. And she has two families: the Fretts, who stole her and raised her right, and the Crabtrees, who lost her and can't forget they've been done wrong. Now a random act of violence is about to set the torch to a thirty-year-old stash of highly flammable secrets. This might be just what the town needs if only Nonny wasn't sitting in the middle of it...
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Format:Paperback
I loved this book, read it in 2 days! I found it much better than her 1st book, which was also very good. A beautiful message of family loyalty was found within this well written novel. I stumbled upon this book by accident, and was surprised that it had not been better advertised! You wont regret buying this book which holds a beautiful story and a lot of important truths about life, love and family dynamics. Just can't wait for her next one...
Format:Paperback
I read this after "Gods In Alabama" and, while enjoying them both very much, think "Between, Georgia" shows a maturation in Joshilyn Jackson's writing style. There are huge similarities between the two (if you don't like one, you definitely won't like the other!) and the critics would say Aunt Florence in "Gods" is the same character as Aunt Bernese is "Between" - but the ability of Jackson to weave a narration about a family is remarkable. So, while the Deep South setting is captivating, these people could be anywhere in the world and it is their interaction that draws you in. I cared about the characters from the beginning and it is the journey Nonny takes in her relationships with the women in her life that makes this story. There are men a plenty here (the ex-husband versus potential boyfriend had me hooked) but here (as in "Gods") it is the women that provide the passion, drama and intrigue. I put "The Girl Who Stopped Swimming" on wish list within hours of finishing "Between"!
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I LOVED Gods in Alabama, her first book. I ordered this straight away afterwards, but only got around to reading it now... and I'm afraid it's now calling the charity shop home.
It's about a woman named Nonny, from tiny Between in Georgia, who is by birth one of the feckless, trashy Crabtrees but raised as an order-loving and proud Frett. Now aged 30, she's divorcing her faithless husband Jonno but can't stop falling into bed with him. Back in Between, her deaf and blind adoptive mother needs her, as does a young relative, Fisher. And Bernese, the hard-to-like Frett family matriarch, has just kicked off a family war with the Crabtrees. So Nonny's torn between the city and her hometown, the Crabtrees and the Fretts, Jonno and a potential new love interest...
It's hard to explain, but not one of the characters did it for me. In Gods in Alabama, which had similar themes of a girl coming home from the city to her dysfunctional Southern family, I loved Lena and her boyfriend from the start, and grew to love cousin Clarice and Lena's strict Aunt Florence. I thought the characterisation in that book was awesome, and there was a lot of humour in it too. Not to mention the pace was snappy and the plot very cleverly put together. These qualities were sorely lacking for me in Between, Georgia. Perhaps it needed a good mystery like G. in A. had, because the only real suspense in the plot was whether Nonny would divorce Jonno. Apart from that, it was more of a vague "how will things turn out?". The characters were all idiosyncratic but they just didn't touch my heart, and I didn't really care exactly how things turned out for them. Maybe they lacked depth. Bernese, for example, had a similar role to Aunt Florence in G. in A., but while Aunt Florence is first presented as a complete cow and slowly revealed to have many layers, Bernese never seemed to develop in a similarly satisfying way (although there is a nice twist concerning her!). I still thought she was a cow at the end. And Nonny herself was a bit of a non-starter for me, too.
Overall, I would have liked to have seen less kookiness, more action and motivation, and more on the relationships between the characters. The book just seemed to bumble along almost as if she was half making it up as she went along; it read more like a draft than a finished and edited novel.
Still, I'm sure there is better to come from the talented Joshilyn Jackson and I will still look out for her books in the future. Gods in Alabama shows how good she can be. Between, Georgia doesn't hold a candle to it in my opinion, though it looks like I'm in the minority.
It's about a woman named Nonny, from tiny Between in Georgia, who is by birth one of the feckless, trashy Crabtrees but raised as an order-loving and proud Frett. Now aged 30, she's divorcing her faithless husband Jonno but can't stop falling into bed with him. Back in Between, her deaf and blind adoptive mother needs her, as does a young relative, Fisher. And Bernese, the hard-to-like Frett family matriarch, has just kicked off a family war with the Crabtrees. So Nonny's torn between the city and her hometown, the Crabtrees and the Fretts, Jonno and a potential new love interest...
It's hard to explain, but not one of the characters did it for me. In Gods in Alabama, which had similar themes of a girl coming home from the city to her dysfunctional Southern family, I loved Lena and her boyfriend from the start, and grew to love cousin Clarice and Lena's strict Aunt Florence. I thought the characterisation in that book was awesome, and there was a lot of humour in it too. Not to mention the pace was snappy and the plot very cleverly put together. These qualities were sorely lacking for me in Between, Georgia. Perhaps it needed a good mystery like G. in A. had, because the only real suspense in the plot was whether Nonny would divorce Jonno. Apart from that, it was more of a vague "how will things turn out?". The characters were all idiosyncratic but they just didn't touch my heart, and I didn't really care exactly how things turned out for them. Maybe they lacked depth. Bernese, for example, had a similar role to Aunt Florence in G. in A., but while Aunt Florence is first presented as a complete cow and slowly revealed to have many layers, Bernese never seemed to develop in a similarly satisfying way (although there is a nice twist concerning her!). I still thought she was a cow at the end. And Nonny herself was a bit of a non-starter for me, too.
Overall, I would have liked to have seen less kookiness, more action and motivation, and more on the relationships between the characters. The book just seemed to bumble along almost as if she was half making it up as she went along; it read more like a draft than a finished and edited novel.
Still, I'm sure there is better to come from the talented Joshilyn Jackson and I will still look out for her books in the future. Gods in Alabama shows how good she can be. Between, Georgia doesn't hold a candle to it in my opinion, though it looks like I'm in the minority.
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