The Girl Who Stopped Swimming (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Laurel "Jesus Bug" Gray Hawthorne: Southern wife and mother who makes artistic quilts. Nicknamed "Jesus Bug" by her sister, Thalia. She occasionally sees ghosts.
• David Hawthorne: Laurel's oblivious computer progammer husband.
• Thalia Gray: Laurel's theatrical older sister, married to a gay man.
• Bet Clemmens: Sissi's daughter and Shelby's occasional visitor: somewhat of a social work project for Laurel.
• Shelby Hawthorne: David and Laurel's daughter.
• Molly Dufresne: Shelby's friend.
• Marty: Laurel's creepy uncle.
• Stan Webelow: Moves into his mother's Victorianna house after her death.
• Sissi Clemmens: Bet's meth-using mother; relative of Laurel.
• Barbara "Bunny" Dufresne: Molly's alcoholic mother.
• Howard: Laurel's father
• Junie: Laurel's mother.
• Gary: Thalia's gay husband

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• “As soon as Bunny went to break the seal, I got the bartender to stop putting any gin in my G and T's. I've had so much tonic, I bet my next pee comes out carbonated.”

  Thalia

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Pensacola: The city in which the Victorianna gated community sits.
• Frog Hole: Strip mine lake in DeLop, Alabama.
• DeLop, Alabama: Poverty-stricken ex-mining town where the Grays came from and still try to help its residents.
• Pace: The home of Laurel's parents.
• Mobile, Ala: Thalia's hometown.
• Spotted Dog: Gary and Thalia's small theater, a converted firehouse.

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Table of Contents edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Joshilyn Jackson (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Nuno Batalha (Translator)
2. Sofia Graça Moura - Reviewer
3. Maria Manuel Lacerda (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3610.A3525 G57
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Might be OK for the older teens. Too much violence (and a little sex) for the youngsters.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary