Fiction. The new book of fiction from River Jordan THE GIN GIRL captures theessence of Florida and those who inhabit its salty marsh. Jordan makes youcare about... » 

Fiction. The new book of fiction from River Jordan THE GIN GIRL captures theessence of Florida and those who inhabit its salty marsh. Jordan makes youcare about the people she writes about even the ones you might not likebutmore then that she makes you see them. Her literary spice rack has everythingyou need to put together a good book and this was fun to taste Rick Bragg.Jordans prose effectively paints images of Floridas sparsely inhabitedlandscape. Her images encompass characters as haunted and lovely andendangered as the land they cherishJanis Owens. «