Publisher Description
During the 1960s, as four kids become best friends in Philly, they form the Justus Girls, a precision drill team. Peaches, Sally Mae, Jan, and Roach vow to be close forever, but as the years pass, they drift apart. Now Peaches has been murdered, and the three remaining Justus Girls are determined to find out who killed her. Slim Lambert's gritty yet warmhearted first novel has received rave reviews from critics and fans. "A rollicking, exuberant debut . [a] realistic portrait of the hardships and triumphs of black urban life."-Kirkus Reviews
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“Justus Girls will have special appeal for high school girls because of its breezy, colorful, and colloquial language, as well as its humor and vivid descriptions of urban teenage life of an earlier generation.”
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About Evelyn “Slim” Lambright
Slim Lambright, in her own words, says, “I’ve been a waitress, a bartender, a go-go dancer, a model, a singer, and a numbers runner, among other things, and am now employed freelance, but the less said about that, the better.” She lives in Philadelphia.