Quirky, Southern-based, character-driven.that combines exquisite writing, vivid personalities, and imaginative storylines while subtly contemplating race, romance, family, and self. Kirkus Reviews has described her writing as. Her characters are generally women struggling to find their way through troubled lives and relationships. Jackson has also read books by other authors, including Lydia Netzer's Shine Shine Shine.Īll of Jackson's novels take place in the American South, the place she knows best. She also made the 2012 Audible "All-Star" list for the highest listener ranks/reviews in addition, she won three "Listen-Up Awards" from Publisher's Weekly. Her dynamic readings have won plaudits from AudioFile Magazine, which selected her for its "Best of the Year" list. Having enjoyed stage acting as a student in Chicago, Jackson now does her own voice work for the audio versions of her books. in creative writing from University of Illinois in Chicago. She graduated from high school in Pensacola, Florida, and after attending a number of different colleges, earned her B.A. She was born into a military family, moving often in and out of seven states before the age of nine. Joshilyn Jackson is the author of several novels, all national best sellers. Education-B.A., Georgia State University M.A., University of Illinois.Liza, her stroke-ravaged mother, is haunted by choices she made as a teenager.īut 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. 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.įifteen-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.
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