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    Over the Fence
    Over the Fence
    Over the Fence
    Audiobook10 hours

    Over the Fence

    Written by Mary Monroe

    Narrated by Beresford Bennett and Adenrele Ojo

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    In this page-turning novel set in the Depression-era South, New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe transports readers to a small Alabama town where home is not always a sanctuary, and two neighboring families let pleasantries mask increasing resentment …

    Bootlegging was Milton and Yvonne Hamilton’s ticket out of poverty, prison time, and plain bad luck. Now they’ve moved on—to a bigger, richer pool of clientele—right in their own respectable new middle-class backyard. And their growing friendship with seemingly perfect couple Joyce and Odell Watson is proving golden in more ways than one …

    As Milton soon learns, Odell is hiding an outside family and dubious business dealings. It’s the perfect recipe for a blackmail scheme that will help Milton hide his own dirty secrets—even from Yvonne. Better yet, he can take ever more dangerous risks to ace out his liquor-smuggling rivals—and add a lucrative temptation to his illicit services. And Yvonne, emboldened by her husband’s new gravy train, delights in tormenting Joyce about everything the snobbish matron doesn’t have—especially children.

    But even a winning hand can be played too far. Pushed past their limits, Odell and Joyce will play on Milton’s careless boasting—to get him and Yvonne out of their lives for good …
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 26, 2019
    ISBN9781980025009
    Author

    Mary Monroe

    Mary Monroe is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five novels and six novellas. She is a three-time AALBC bestseller and winner of the AAMBC Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award, the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award, and the J. California Cooper Memorial Award. The daughter of Alabama sharecroppers, she taught herself how to write before going on to become the first and only member of her family to finish high school. She lives in Oakland, California, and loves to hear from her readers via e-mail at Authorauthor5409@aol.com. Visit Mary’s website at MaryMonroe.org.

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    • 4/5
      I didn't like that book 2 didn't pick up where book 1 ended ?
    • 2/5
      The presentation was great but the storyline is troubling. The whole book was filled with two crocks blackmailing someone or plotting how they can use them. The worse part is that the antagonist continue to survive and thrive. Just a horrible story.
    • 4/5
      This was a good sequel in the series. I did not like it as much as I did the 1st book but it held my interest. I loved how Mary Monroe showed the same events from Yvonne and Milton's perspectives. It allowed me to see Joyce and Odell in a different light. Odell was already not a favorite of mine because of his actions. I am looking forward the conclusion of this series.
    • 4/5
      The second book in ‘The Neighbors Series’ by Mary Monroe, a New York Times bestselling author places her readers in Alabama 1937 middle-class neighborhood during a depression era.You must read the first book in the series to follow Joyce, Odell, Milton and Yvonne on their dubious dealings and haunting retribution.This novel is focused on the prohibition era with Milton and Yvonne, short order cook, waitress, and bootleggers, as they tell their stories and we learn more about them as neighbors to Odell and Joyce. Monroe’s stories bait you to commit to continually read her novels in order to know what the final outcome will be. I’m moving on to the 3rd book in the series - “Across the Way”
    • 3/5
      Over the Fence is the second book in a series. I didn't know that, so I haven't read the first book yet. The background information would have helped I think. The story is depression era. It's well written and engaging. I like the bootlegging aspect of it. It's a very interesting read. The characters are flawed but likeable. They have complex relationships, and they are funny at times. Overall, this is a good read. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.