A review by ebwarren
The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson

5.0

5+. Oh my -- maybe the best Joshilyn Jacksoh book yet, and one of the best books I've read in ages. Wonderful! About a hippie southern Mom and her daughter (mostly). The Mom is interested in fringe, drug-type, hppie culture, and very into Hindu gods & stories. They live like nomads, Mom hooking up with boyfriends and then sneaking off in the night when things get rough. In spite of their unconventional life, they love each other deeply. But one day the daughter calls 911, thinking the cops will pick up only the pot-growing boyfriend, and Mom is arrested too. The daughter gets sent to a group foster home while Mom serves prison time. Mom doesn't know her daughter called the cops until much later, and that breaks them. Daughter ends up a cutthroat divorce atty in Atlanta, and one day learns she has a 20-year-old brother (born in prison and given up for adoption) and a 10-yo sister.