A Grown-up Kind of Pretty / Joshilyn Jackson .322 pages

In this character driven story, three generations of females struggle to conquer whatever life throws at them.  Big, now 45, gets pregnant at 15 and without support from her Bible-thumping family & exclusive church, raises her child,, Liza, on her own.  Liza, age 30, also has her daughter Mosey at age 15 and gets caught up in men, drugs and the seedier side of life.  Now Mosey is almost 15 and her grandmother and mother are doing everything in their power to prevent history  from recurring.  Life throws them a curve ball when Liza suffers a stroke and the bones of an infant are found in the backyard.  This is a story about family and love and what it takes to survive.  Each chapter of the book is the voice of one of the characters and the author does a great job of bringing the reader into the mind of a stroke victim.  Well worth reading with characters you care about, plotline that keeps you engaged, and strong emotional themes.