River Jordan

About this book

Set in a small town well below the Mason-Dixon line River Jordan features an intricate web of neighbors who come to depend on one another like family. The youngest of the characters Jordan a girl with an adventurous imagination is hungry for warmth and companionship since she gets no more than scolding from her strict stepfather and mother. When Jordans step-grandmother Miss Amylee needs a live-in nurse Peony the familys housekeeper and friend offers the services of her sister Pansy. Like a breath of fresh air Pansy newly saved and released from prison soon finds her place in the tightly woven community. Pansy Jordan and Miss Amylee form an unlikely trio and find themselves enmeshed in the struggles and capers of their neighbors. And through small and large triumphs each recovers a part of herself that was lost.