A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
by Joshilyn Jackson
Genre: Women's fiction
Synopsis: A Grown-Up Kind Of Pretty is a powerful saga of three generations of women, plagued by hardships and torn by a devastating secret, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of family.
Fifteen-year-old Mosey Slocumb-spirited, sassy, and on the cusp of womanhood-is shaken when a small grave is unearthed in the backyard, and determined to figure out why it's there. Liza, her stroke-ravaged mother, is haunted by choices she made as a teenager. But it is Jenny, Mosey's strong and big-hearted grandmother, whose maternal love braids together the strands of the women's shared past--and who will stop at nothing to defend their future.
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Review: I very much enjoyed listening to this book because of how engaging the narrator was. Later I found out that the narrator is the author which was probably why the story was so engaging! This book is so different from other books that I have as the story is very southern. Each character had such interesting and quirky personalities and their own way of talking. You could really tell that Mosey was a teenage by the way that she talked probably made more pronounced by the author reading her voice. The book didn't seem to take itself too seriously and I appreciated the light humor that it offered, at least I took some things as humorous even if it was not the intention of the story. Characters seemed a little over the top which also made the story seem a little lighter. The details in the story, however, are not light from drugs to solving the mystery of the bones to recovering from a stroke. This is a good read for when you are looking for something not too heavy. I'll be picking up more books from this author in the future.
Review: I very much enjoyed listening to this book because of how engaging the narrator was. Later I found out that the narrator is the author which was probably why the story was so engaging! This book is so different from other books that I have as the story is very southern. Each character had such interesting and quirky personalities and their own way of talking. You could really tell that Mosey was a teenage by the way that she talked probably made more pronounced by the author reading her voice. The book didn't seem to take itself too seriously and I appreciated the light humor that it offered, at least I took some things as humorous even if it was not the intention of the story. Characters seemed a little over the top which also made the story seem a little lighter. The details in the story, however, are not light from drugs to solving the mystery of the bones to recovering from a stroke. This is a good read for when you are looking for something not too heavy. I'll be picking up more books from this author in the future.
Rating: 4 stars
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