The Almost Sisters Lib/E (Audiobook)

from howifeelaboutbooks

A new book from my favorite author! I love the main character in this book. Leia is a comic book artist who wrote her own graphic novel, and now has to create an origin story for the character. She delves deep into the character and starts learning about herself and her relationship with others, ...

from mikitchenlady

Leia Birch Briggs is a comic book writer/illustrator who finds her own life in upheaval when she discovers she's pregnant after a tequila-infused one night stand with Batman. This particular Batman is black, so Leia will be raising a bi-racial baby in a somewhat conservative family. Life gets fur...

from Beecharmer

The Almost Sisters is a novel about long buried secrets, aging, sibling rivalry and so much more. When Leia gets a call about her 90 year old grandmother possibly having dementia, she rushes to her side. Leia is pregnant from a one night stand and the child will be biracial. Not sure how to tell ...

from Kappadeemom

I love all of Joshilyn Jackson's books, and this one is no exception. It is hard to describe this book without giving too much away, but it is a Southern novel with real world problems. As a true Southern Belle myself, I read a lot of Southern chick-lit and most of it is pretty light reading, i.e...

from froxgirl

Joshilyn Jackson's books are favorites of mine for the same reasons that I enjoy Fannie Flagg: they reflect regionalism (in this case, the South) that's unfamiliar to me. Jackson also confronts small town racism in a manner that reflects the change that must come about. This novel centers on Leia...