Abandoned at a campground by their desperate mother and current boyfriend, eight-year-old Tessa Lee and her brother, Travis, are left only with her favorite housecoat, used to cover them, and the phone number of the children's grandpa...

We know what to expect from a 'fresh, new Southern voice,' as Sheri Reynolds has been called, and she delivers. A strong maternal figure....A powerful, puffing male....A colorful supporting cast....An old secret that colors history......

"[With The Sweet In-Between,] bestseller Reynolds delivers again . . . Simple prose rich with subtext, convincing dialogue, and a fascinating protagonist combine to produce a heartstring-plucker that's explicit, tender, sad, and ...