georgia peaches and other forbidden fruit book

Those people are lucky they’ll be able to enjoy this delightful and charming YA novel about sexuality, religion, and identity without feeling fresh resentment towards the people who spawned them. Most people probably won’t have such a complex history with Come On Eileen and so the opening sentence of Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit–“ Come On Eileen is a terrible song at any wedding”–won’t provoke this barrage of emotion and inner conflict. Honestly, there is no end to the ways in which your parents can let you down.

Rather, this event paid such scant regard to convention that they did not even have a first dance, soundtracked by Dexy’s Midnight Runners or otherwise, and I had been tricked into cultivating a deeply held affection for this song, and, indeed, playing it for them at my own wedding, under entirely false beliefs. Another significant, if not equally horrifying, discovery came last year when I discovered that, contrary to what I had been led to believe, Come On Eileen was not the first dance at my parents’ wedding. Even if there's a chance Mary Carlson might be interested in her, too.I’ve previously used my Fourth and Sycamore reviews to seek closure on varying issues pertaining to my parents, from their dubious taste in films to their disgraceful lack of regard for the purchasing of proper peanut butter. Right?Įven if she's starting to fall for the girl. Even if there's a chance Mary Carlson might be interested in her, too. But Jo couldn't possibly think of breaking her promise to her dad.Įven if she's starting to fall for the girl. And Jo reluctantly agrees.Īlthough it is (mostly) much easier for Jo to fit in as a straight girl, things get complicated when she meets Mary Carlson, the oh-so-tempting sister of her new friend at school. Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father remarries and decides to move all three of them from Atlanta to the more conservative Rome, Georgia, he asks Jo to do the impossible: to lie low for the rest of her senior year.

Joanna meets the perfect girl for her and must decide whether to break a promise that could change everything for her and her family or lose out on love in this charming young adult romance that's perfect for fans of Julie Murphy's Dumplin' and Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. 'A sweet, sexy, honest teen romance that just happens to involve two girls-all the more charming for being so very ordinary.'-KirkusĪ Kirkus Best Book of the Year! A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year! A Bustle Best Young Adult Book of the Year! 3 starred reviews!

Georgia peaches and other forbidden fruit book