![]() ![]() Besides a great main character, this book absolutely shone with incredible secondary characters. Even though I hated how much she had to/chose to lie, I also understood that she’d been put in an impossible situation, and I respected her for keeping her word to her dad, even when it was incredibly painful and stressful for her. I was indignant and angry on her behalf when her dad asked her to lie low for the year, but part of me understood the reasons and thought Jo handled it amazingly well. I appreciated her strength, I appreciated that she was flawed, that she made mistakes and owned them, and that she was passionate about her beliefs. It was an interesting reversal from the norm, especially when you throw in Jo’s faith and the fact her dad is an evangelical minister. What appealed to me initially about Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit was the premise of having a character who’s out and proud but has to basically go back into the closet for various reasons. ![]()
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