Judge's Girls

By Sharina Harris

Book Overview

Three very different women. Only one thing in common. But when their family patriarch dies and they must share his estate, the truths they discover will test them--and everything they think they know about each other.

Beloved Georgia judge Joseph Donaldson was known for his unshakable fairness, his hard-won fortune--and a scandalous second marriage to his much-younger white secretary. Now he's left a will with a stunning provision. In order to collect their inheritance, his lawyer daughter Maya, her stepmother Jeanie, and Jeanie's teen daughter, Ryder, must live together at the family lake house. Maya and Jeanie don't exactly get along, but they reluctantly agree to try an uneasy peace for as long as it takes...

But fragile ex-beauty queen Jeanie doesn't know who she is beyond being a judge's wife--and drinking away her insecurities has her in a dangerous downward spiral. Fed up with her mother's humiliating behavior, Ryder tries to become popular at school in all the wrong ways. And when Maya attempts to help, she puts her successful career and her shaky love life at risk. Now with trouble they didn't see coming--and secrets they can no longer hide--these women must somehow find the courage to admit their mistakes, see each other for who they really are--and slowly, perhaps even joyfully, discover everything they
could be.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496725654
• ISBN13: 9781496725653
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A touching story

I really enjoyed this book. Told from the viewpoints of Maya, Jeanie, and Ryder, it tells a heartbreaking story of how these three deal with the loss of their father/husband. They each struggle, whether it is by hardening their heart, drowning in drinks, or getting into trouble and they only way to get through it is to band together as a family and deal with those demons. I really felt for all three of them but I did like the way Maya and Ryder were such good sisters and I was rooting for them the whole time. This book deals with the monsters of racism (like the hard times Jeanie and Joseph had when they got married), inequality due to race, and alcoholism as well as the grieving process. Those were woven in well, as well as how Maya and the others dealt with these issues. There are sweet moments too, with growth from all of Judge's girls. I definitely recommend this book! It stays with you and makes you think.