Between, Georgia
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4.4 • 141 Ratings
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- $9.99
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Publisher Description
Nonny Frett understands the meanings of "rock" and "hard place" better than any woman ever born. She's got two mothers, "one Deaf-blind and the other four baby steps from flat crazy." She's got two men: her husband, who's easing out the back door; and her best friend, who's 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 who's 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 that they've been done wrong.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The biological daughter of poor, scared teenager Hazel Crabtree, Nonny Frett was left at birth with the wealthy, respectable Frett clan a secret that doesn't keep long in a rural Georgia town of 90 people. Growing up at the center of a Crabtree-Frett feud begun by her birth, Nonny is caught between her biological family and her adopted one, between contempt for her philandering husband and the comfort of marriage, between an apartment in Athens, Ga., and her childhood home, Between. When a Doberman belonging to Nonny's biological grandmother Ona Crabtree attacks Nonny's adopted mom, deaf and blind Stacia Frett, and Stacia's twin sister, Genny, the families' dormant "war" awakens. Though Jackson (Gods in Alabama) might cut a few corners plotwise, her strengths more than make up for it: plenty of Southern sass ("Don't call me again unless you are personally on fire") and rueful, charming confidences ("I wanted the divorce with all my heart. I did. Only I wasn't sure I wanted it tomorrow") make this a theatrical and well-paced Southern family drama.
Customer Reviews
Enjoyed It!
The title of the book pricked my interest when I saw it offered through my local library’s ebook offerings but the library changed it’s ebook platform before I could check it out. When I saw it offered through Apple Books, I decided to buy it and I’m glad I did. I was hoping to learn about Between through this read but learned much more about people, relationships, family and how quirky and complex life can be through this work of fiction.
Great!
This is the first book I have read by this author and I throughly enjoyed it. A great read, especially for someone (like myself) who is from Georgia.
Between georgia
Wonderful story of love and family and the conflicts they cause.