The Sweet In-Between (Paperback)
Description
"Tender . . . [a] sweet coming-of-age story, thanks to its young, wise-beyond-her-years, Scout Finch—esque heroine."
–Entertainment Weekly
Kenny Lugo has grown up in a family that’s not really hers. Her mother died of cancer when Kenny was very young, and Aunt Glo–who is, in fact, her daddy’s girlfriend–took her in when her father was sent to jail for drug trafficking. Now, as Kenny approaches her eighteenth birthday and the end of the government checks Glo has been receiving looms, she is desperate to prove that this house and these people really do belong to her. But when a senseless murder occurs next door in their small coastal town, Kenny can’t get it out of her mind. She has always been consumed by the ways in which she is different–and inherently unworthy–so the unjust death of a young woman with everything to live for becomes an obsession.
In the end, hers is a story of an unforgettable young woman whose redemption comes from a source she never would have imagined.
About the Author
SHERI REYNOLDS is the author of The Rapture of Canaan, Bitterroot Landing, A Gracious Plenty, and Firefly Cloak
Praise for The Sweet In-Between…
"[A]s true as butter in your grits....[a] powerful drama with pathos, poetry, and, unexpectedly, hope."
—People
"[A] sweet coming-of-age story, thanks to its young, wise-beyond-her-years, Scout Finch-esque heroine."
—Entertainment Weekly
"Reynolds...is a gifted writer with a deceptively simple style and a keen ear for dialogue."
—The Boston Globe
“Reynolds moves so smoothly back and forth between the past and the present that her novel feels like a keg of dynamite sitting on a slow-burning fuse…as riveting as a fast-paced thriller.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Simple prose rich with subtext, convincing dialogue and a fascinating protagonist combine to produce a heartstring-plucker that's explicit, tender, sad and hopeful.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred)
Praise for Sheri Reynolds
Firefly Cloak
“Reynolds’s newest novel delivers more of the rich southern atmosphere and coming-of-age drama that made The Rapture of Canaan (1995) an Oprah Book Club selection and bestseller.”
—Booklist (starred review)
“Reynolds is the newest and most exciting voice to emerge in contemporary southern fiction.”
—San Francisco Bay Guardian
A Gracious Plenty
“Reynolds is a wonderful storyteller and master of pastoral imagery.”
—New York Times Book Review
“Mesmerizing . . . Reynolds’s earthly insights make for a redemptive finale—but not before some satisfying storms of retribution.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“An imaginative tour de force . . . Pushing beyond the boundaries of her earlier work, Ms. Reynolds has created a life-affirming novel that gathers the joy and pain of living into a celebration of what it means to be human.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Rapture of Canaan
“Ms. Reynolds’s poetic gifts are uncommonly powerful. In The Rapture of Canaan, she tells a truly rapturous love story and presents two unforgettable characters: the teenage heroine and her skeptical but stalwart grandmother, from whom she learns about the acceptance of loss, the pragmatism that must underlie any abiding love, and the place in every heart where God resides, waiting to reveal himself.”
—New York Times
