Straight Up
 

Straight Up

by Lisa Samson

They are living lives they were never meant to live.

Georgia Bishop, a could-be jazz great, has thrown away her life, her marriage, and her talent for her drinking habit. Her cousin, Fairly Godfrey, is living the good life in New York but wonders if deeper meaning exists beyond the superficial world in which she finds herself.

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clockstein
  • Rated 5 stars

Straight Up by Lisa Samson is another fantastic book by my favorite author. Georgia Bishop suffered the loss of her mother at an early age and has never quite recovered. Her cousin Fairly lost the love of her life and is struggling to remain numbed and keep the world out so it can't hurt her again. Georgia and Fairly's stories come together and entwine, but Samson cleverly keeps the characters apart forcing each to deal with their own problems and how they impact others. The narration jumps...

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Beth N
  • Rated 1 stars

This would have to be the strangest book I have ever read. The crazy thing is that even though it was so odd, I couldn't put it down because I had to find out what happened, and the ending is not what you think it will be. The book cuts back and forth between characters, making it hard to follow the story line. If you haven't read it, don't bother. This is one book that I would have been glad to say I hadn't read. All of the other books I have read by this author to date I have really liked....

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  • Rated 5 stars
 

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