Jaye Robin Brown
3 SeriesJaye Robin Brown is an American author known for her young adult novels. Before her writing career, she worked as a jeweler, mediator, and high school art teacher. Originally from the South, having lived in Alabama, Atlanta, and near Asheville, she now resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
In "Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit" by Jaye Robin Brown, Joanna Gordon, openly homosexual, moves with her father, a popular radio evangelist, to conservative Rome, Georgia. Her father asks her to hide her sexuality during her senior year, and she reluctantly agrees. Jo finds it easier to fit in as a straight girl until she meets Mary Carlson, the sister of a new friend. As Jo begins to fall for Mary, she faces a dilemma about breaking her promise to her father. The tension escalates when Jo realizes Mary might reciprocate her feelings.
