(Belated) ARC Review - Tobacco Sun by Lorna Hollifield
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It is rare for me to read a book so outside my realm of normal, but this one was a must-read for me - Lorna is a fellow Pen Name Publishing author and someone I consider a friend of mine on this publishing journey. Tobacco Sun is Southern fiction, set in the 1940s, and the story goes back and forth between two half-sisters: Jimmi-Lyn and Sydra. Sydra is currently in jail for the murder of her father; Jimmi-Lyn is trying to come to terms with her own emotions, specifically those emotions surrounding her imprisoned sister and her deceased step-father. This is especially complicated because their mother recently died - that was the reason Sydra returned to rural North Carolina in the first place. Sydra is a Hollywood star - she hadn't been back home since she was a teenager. And then there's Vanse, Jimmi-Lyn's childhood best friend, who returned from the war with lasting injuries and PTSD. Both Sydra and Jimmi-Lyn's feelings for Vanse have always been complicated, which is part of this fascinating tangled web of characters and plot that I wasn't expecting and that sucked me in from the start.
(Belated) ARC Review - Tobacco Sun by Lorna Hollifield
(Belated) ARC Review - Tobacco Sun by Lorna…
(Belated) ARC Review - Tobacco Sun by Lorna Hollifield
It is rare for me to read a book so outside my realm of normal, but this one was a must-read for me - Lorna is a fellow Pen Name Publishing author and someone I consider a friend of mine on this publishing journey. Tobacco Sun is Southern fiction, set in the 1940s, and the story goes back and forth between two half-sisters: Jimmi-Lyn and Sydra. Sydra is currently in jail for the murder of her father; Jimmi-Lyn is trying to come to terms with her own emotions, specifically those emotions surrounding her imprisoned sister and her deceased step-father. This is especially complicated because their mother recently died - that was the reason Sydra returned to rural North Carolina in the first place. Sydra is a Hollywood star - she hadn't been back home since she was a teenager. And then there's Vanse, Jimmi-Lyn's childhood best friend, who returned from the war with lasting injuries and PTSD. Both Sydra and Jimmi-Lyn's feelings for Vanse have always been complicated, which is part of this fascinating tangled web of characters and plot that I wasn't expecting and that sucked me in from the start.