A Grown-up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn JacksonI have to describe this book first and foremost as perfectly done southern fiction. There is never a time when you forget where you are. The dialogue, the mannerisms, the phrasing, the setting, all brought me down to the land of the tupelo trees.
Fifteen is the cursed number for the Slocumb women. When Ginny turned fifteen she gave birth to Liza. When Liza was fifteen she too became a mother. Now the youngest Slocumb, Mosey, is turning fifteen and Ginny and Liza are holding their breath. The year starts out okay but then is all comes crashing down. Liza collapses from a stroke at thirty and a small corpse is found buried in the backyard.
