A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty : A Novel (Hardcover)

from indygo88

The Slocum women -- three generations of them -- have had their share of drama in their Mississippi upbringing. Ginny ("Big") had a baby at age 15. That baby, Liza, also had a baby at age 15. That baby, Mosey, is now nearly 15 and her family is determined that she will not fall victim to the same...

from MHanover10

I listened to the audio version and really enjoyed having the author read the story. She put so much passion into the characters. The chapters are told from the views of Ginny (Big), Liza (Little) and Mosey. Ginny had Liza when she was 15 and Liza had Mosey when she was 15. But did Liza really ha...

from BookConcierge

Audiobook performed by the author.4.5****Excerpt from the book jacket: When a long-hidden grave is unearthed in the backyard, headstrong young Mosey Slocumb is determined to investigate. What she learns could cost her family everything... Every fifteen years, trouble comes after the three Slocumb...

from Florinda

I haven't actually read a Joshilyn Jackson novel since her first, gods in Alabama (pre-blog), but I have a couple of them hanging around in TBR Purgatory. However, I recently decided to skip over them in favor of reading her latest, A Grown-up Kind of Pretty, in audiobook, as narrated by Jackson ...

from DeltaQueen50

A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson is my first book by this author and I thoroughly enjoyed this story about three generations of determined, spunky Southern women who lived life by their rules. They are suddenly faced with a dark family secret and each in their own way tries to solve ...