Somebody Pick Up My Pieces, J. D. Mason
Somebody Pick Up My Pieces, J. D. Mason
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Somebody Pick Up My Pieces

Author: J. D. Mason

Narrator: Allyson Johnson

Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2011


Synopsis

Six months ago her three daughters walked out and left Charlotte Rodgers to fend for herself in her small home in Murphy, Kansas. Charlotte is left resentful and bitter toward her children—Clarice, Connie, and especially Camille—for abandoning her when all she wanted was to return home, finally, to Denver and escape from the memories of her painful past. What Charlotte doesn’t know is that the past is hot on her trail and, to her horror, will soon catch up with her once again.Justin and Clarice “Reesy” Braxton are struggling to hold on to what’s left of their marriage. Justin’s affair has taken its toll on the union, and Reesy has to decide, once and for all, if she can finally forgive him and move forward, or if the lure of revenge—giving Justin a dose of his own medicine—is too tempting to ignore. But is Reesy being honest, telling herself that she’s cheating on her husband to teach him a lesson, or are her feelings for her new lover more real than any she’s ever had for her husband?Camille Rodgers has lived her whole life under Charlotte’s watchful and critical eye, struggling to be the perfect daughter and giving in to Charlotte’s whims. For the first time, she’s on her own and is quickly spiraling out of control. Camille lost everything before she moved away from Kansas. She lost the unborn child she was carrying. She lost her husband. And she nearly lost her life in a terrible car accident. Now, she has a chance for a fresh start in a new city, with sisters she never even knew she had until six months ago. By all accounts, Camille should be on top of the world, but she’s like a fish out of water and can’t seem to connect to the two women who say they love her. When she begins to entertain a dangerous man—and even more dangerous habits—she may lose more than she ever thought she had.

About J. D. Mason

J. D. Mason is the author of Somebody Pick Up My Pieces, That Devil’s No Friend of Mine, You Gotta Sin to Get Saved, This Fire down in My Soul, Don’t Want No Sugar, And on the Eighth Day She Rested, One Day I Saw a Black King, and Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It. She lives in Denver with her two children.

About Allyson Johnson

Allyson Johnson is an actress and singer who began performing at age twelve as coanchor of Bubble Gum Digest, for which she won an Emmy. After earning a degree in psychology from Brown University, she moved to New York where she became a social worker before shifting to a career in television and radio. Johnson has recorded countless commercials, promos, audiobooks, narrations, and animation series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tracy

Somebody Pick Up My Pieces by J. D. Mason is another installment in the lives of the descendents of Charles Brooks, whom I was introduced to in Don’t Want No Sugar; and the daughters of Charlotte Rodgers, introduced in One Day I Saw a Black King. A few pages into the story I began to think I may hav......more

Good enough book, not particularly deep in thought. It's as though the author purposefully chooses to write 14 characters and take them all at surface level rather than write any one of them to any real emotional depth. The story was multigenerational and fraught with adversity but as the author kep......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

I am just in love with this series by JD Mason, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. I could read about John King all day long. I would love to see to a book about John and Connie. I am really over Charlotte, she is just as crazy as they come! I was truly hoping that both Justin and R......more

Goodreads review by Lakecia

I wish I had known this book was part of a series. So many characters! I felt lost at the beginning but the book was so good! Talk about family drama! Who needs enemies with a mother like Charlotte? The sisters have been through so much but they are finding themselves and that is so wonderful. I hop......more

Goodreads review by Shameka

So I didn't know it was a series, but honestly I'm not compelled to try and push through the ones that came before this. I will say the prose was well-written and the characters were interesting enough that you wanted to know how it ended, but it was a lot of words to tell only a little bit of story......more


Quotes

“Mason vividly explores the roller-coaster relationships the chronically unhappy Charlotte has with her daughters and captures Charlotte’s desperation as she contends with Uncle, leading to a bone-chilling if paradoxically uplifting ending.” Publishers Weekly

“While this novel contains ample drama, it also weaves in a beautiful story about family. The third-person POV works wonderfully to sort through the quagmire of deceit, infidelity, and even insanity. The dialogue is sometimes pensive and sometimes heart wrenching, drawing the reader into every active scene. Somebody Pick Up My Piecesis a fantastic read.” RT Book Reviews (4 stars, Top Pick!)

“Mason’s fourth novel to follow the Rodgers women, after You Gotta Sin to Be Saved, is set to be another powerful family drama.” Library Journal