Claiming Georgia Tate

Twelve-year-old Georgia Tate wishes she could stay home in Mississippi forever with her preacher granddaddy and her best friend Ginger. After losing her nana to a heart attack she desperately wishes she could tell her granddaddy why she cant possibly move in with Daddy about the things he does that make her feel so ashamed. With a vivid narrative voice Gigi Amateau tells an unflinching tale of a sensitive girl caught in the trauma of incestuous abuse. But it is also a story of survival an ode to the solace of family the mercy of strangers and the possibility of hope and healing.