A fiercely independent divorce lawyer learns the power of family
and connection when she receives a cryptic message from her
estranged mother in this bittersweet, witty novel from the
nationally bestselling author of Someone Else's Love Story and gods
in Alabama-an emotionally resonant tale about the endurance of love
and the power of stories to shape and transform our lives. Born in
Alabama, Paula Vauss spent the first decade of her life on the road
with her free-spirited young mother, Kai, an itinerant storyteller
who blended Hindu mythology with southern oral tradition to
re-invent their history as they roved. But everything, including
Paula's birth name Kali Jai, changed when she told a story of her
own-one that landed Kai in prison and Paula in foster care.
Separated, each holding secrets of her own, the intense bond they
once shared was fractured. These days, Paula has reincarnated
herself as a tough-as-nails divorce attorney with a successful
practice in Atlanta. While she hasn't seen Kai in fifteen years,
she's still making payments on that Karmic debt-until the day her
last check is returned in the mail, along with a mysterious note:
"I am going on a journey, Kali. I am going back to my beginning;
death is not the end. You will be the end. We will meet again, and
there will be new stories. You know how Karma works." Then Kai's
most treasured secret literally lands on Paula's doorstep, throwing
her life into chaos and transforming her from only child to older
sister. Desperate to find her mother before it's too late, Paula
sets off on a journey of discovery that will take her back to the
past and into the deepest recesses of her heart. With the help of
her ex-lover Birdwine, an intrepid and emotionally volatile private
eye who still carries a torch for her, this brilliant woman, an
expert at wrecking families, now has to figure out how to put one
back together-her own. The Opposite of Everyone is a story about
story itself, how the tales we tell connect us, break us, and
define us, and how the endings and beginnings we choose can destroy
us ...and make us whole. Laced with sharp humor and poignant
insight, it is beloved New York Times bestselling author Joshilyn
Jackson at her very best.
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