Emotion, raw emotion. That is what the characters created by Ms. Jackson go through with almost every breath they take in Between. Nonny is one of the most spirited and complex characters I have met. She is wholesome but wild, love like crazy and crazy like mean, sincere but fierce. Nonny is "stolen" by the Frett sisters (Stacia, Bernese and Genny) the night she is born on the floor of the foyer in Bernese's home. Born a Crabtree but raised a Frett - Nonny is tasked as referee of Bernese and Ona Crabtree (her blood grandma). One afternoon and one Bitch turn the battles into war and Nonny returns to the very small town of Between to fight the battle that has been raging inside of her since the night she was born on that foyer floor.
You will laugh when you probably shouldn't; be at Nonny's battleside (both in love and family); and feel Mama's words even though you can't hear them.
I've read all but one of Jackson's novels and each one is a page-turner filled with warmth, humor, vitality and that something you've been craving.
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