Jaybird's Song: Special READ SNAP SHARE Edition

This READ SNAP SHARE edition of Jaybird's Song is a social experiment for sharing stories. Read the book, add your comments, snap a pic of your comments and share on social media, and then share the book with a friend or leave in a public place for the next reader. Inside pages provide space for your comments and additional instructions. Affectionately called “Jaybird” by the father she adores, Josie Flint’s idyllic childhood in 1960s Atlanta is defined by her role as the oldest of the three Flint sisters and crowned with the presence of her grandmother, Annie Jo— the maypole that centers the Flint family. Surrounding their world, however, is the turbulent South as Jim Crow laws come to an end. As Josie’s school desegregates and the country meanders through new ideas brought about by the Civil Rights movement, a personal tragedy breaches Josie’s world and shatters that perfect childhood. Josie’s story is told from her early teenage years and 35 years later when her beloved grandmother dies. And when a long-kept secret unfolds for the Flint family, a new kind of heartache begins. A southern novel, rich with strong, colorful characters and a thoughtful sense of time and place.