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product_id: 123453077
title: "The Gin Girl"
brand: "river jordan"
price: "5266 kr"
currency: ISK
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reviews_count: 8
category: "Books"
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# The Gin Girl

**Brand:** river jordan
**Price:** 5266 kr
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Gin Girl by river jordan
- **How much does it cost?** 5266 kr with free shipping
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## Description

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			        		Jordan vividly evokes the steamy, tropical climate of Toliquilah, a Gulf Coast island in North Florida, as she recounts the adventures of Mary, a local who returns home to search for her high-school sweetheart, Joe. Mary has been drifting and drinking Jack Daniels all over the South since her father&apos;s death, but she is obsessed with memories of Joe. None of the island&apos;s strange inhabitants--including a one-armed diner cook, a liquor-store proprietor who speaks in riddles, and an old blind woman who milks snakes--knows what really happened to Joe, but most assume he is dead, probably murdered. Mary&apos;s investigation raises as many questions as it answers and causes almost as much upheaval as the hurricane that strikes the region while she searches for clues. The plot moves as slowly as the air in the swamps, but those who crave atmosphere rather than action will find much to savor in this humid thriller. Barbara BibelCopyright &#xA9; American Library Association. All rights reserved
						    	
					    	
						
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        		About the Author
        	
        	
        		
        		
	        		
						
			        		River Jordan is a playwright and an avid promoter of the written word. She lives between the swamps and saltwaters of the Florida Gulf Coast where she spends her time contemplating quantum physics and other mystical realities. Jordan is the creator of the mythical storyteller, Mama Jewels. She serves on the Foundation Board for the Northwest Florida Regional Library and for the Florida Network of Children&#x92;s Advocacy Centers. She is a founding member of the West Florida Playwrights Project. Jordan is the mother of two courageous sons&#x97;Nick and Chris&#x97;and wife of Owen Hicks, a superhero in disguise.
						    	
					    	
						
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome!
        
*by L***Z on July 12, 2010*

I loved this book and I'm picky!  It has a soulful, visceral quality that is hard to describe.  Great inter-weaving of Southern atmosphere and characters.  I was given a copy of another of the author's books, Saints in Limbo.  After reading that I ordered all of her books, including this one, and am anxiously awaiting the September new release.  This was a surprise favorite, this author needs to be more famous...read all her books.
  

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great choice
        
*by M***Y on August 11, 2012*

The Gin Girl is an all-too-rare find: a book that draws you into its world so completely that every person and location becomes real. Ostensibly a murder mystery set on an island with an odd cast of characters, the novel follows a flawed and emotionally broken (but still likeable) protagonist as she becomes part of a community and searches for answers that will never be good enough. The Gin Girl features lush, descriptive language and pacing that appears languid, but keeps a steady rhythm that perfectly matches the semi-tropical setting and the realistically slow rate of healing and discovery. A gem.
  

### ⭐⭐⭐ River Sculpts Characters in 3-D
        
*by P***E on January 2, 2006*

Having spent the better part of a year near the top of my "must read" stack, I finally got around to reading The Gin Girl and, I must say, I'm mightily impressed. Mary is so well-carved and believable--in fact, she is very much like someone I know in grit, self-sufficiency and street wisdom. I say that to iterate how real River has drawn the character. I love the turn at the end, but it leaves me wanting more story. The craft is, in my humble opinion, impeccable. River Jordan writes with great discipline and her well-placed humor is a nod to her well-honed senses. Well, done. I anxiously await the opportunity to read The Messenger of Magnolia Street: A Novel.
  

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*Last updated: 2026-02-21*