Influence for smart people who can catch the nuances but who like narrative drive, and. They were a couple years older than me when i was reading them, so i also kind of read them as a fantasy. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. Jacksons newest book, a grown up kind of pretty, was everything that i like in jacksons books. Fifteenyearold mosey slocumbspirited, sassy, and on the cusp of womanhoodis shaken when a small grave is unearthed in the backyard, and determined to figure out. Each woman has a distinct voice in her chapter and there is strong character development for each woman individually. Therefore, i call this type of reading fractal reading because fractals are. Im sad when each book is over and i know that there are fewer books remaining. A grownup 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. Its a heartthumping mystery, an edgeofyourseat drama, and a fiercely sweet comedy all at once, with a fistful of crazybrave characters who reach from up the wild pages and grip your heart. I still appreciate it for what it was, but having recently read redwall, i kinda wish i could have grown up with those books instead. I lived for judy blume when i was growing up and the book that. A mother fights desperately for her daughter and the story navigates several twists and turns that make this a true pageturner.
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