Jackie Burke's future looks grim. She's been a flight attendant for twenty years and she's down to working for an island-hopping airline the day she lands in Palm Beach International with fifty grand and is taken into custody. The Feds know Jackie works for a man who sells machine guns to bad guys, but they don't know his name. Jackie looks at her options.
Freddie Jackson thinks he owns the underworld when he gets out of prison. His wife Jackie just wants her husband home, but she's forgotten the rows, the violence, and the girls Freddie can't leave alone. Bitter, resentful, and increasingly unstable, Jackie watches her life crumble while her little sister Maggie's star rises. In love with Freddie's cousin Jimmy, Maggie is determined not to end up like her sister. Families should stick together, but behind closed doors, jealousy and betrayal can fester.
Added by: winnie | Karma: 83.75 | Fiction literature | 16 September 2007
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Elmore Leonard - Rum Punch (aka Jackie Brown) Ordell "Whitebread" Robbie makes a
fine living selling illegal high-powered weaponry to the wrong people.
Jackie Burke couriers Ordell's profits from Freeport to Miami. But the
feds are on to Jackie—and now the aging, but still hot, flight
attendant will have to do prison time or play ball, which makes her a
prime "loose end" that Ordell needs to tie up permanently. Jackie,
however, has other options. And with the help of Max Cherry—an honest
but disgruntled bail bondsman looking to get out—she could even end up
with a serious nest egg in the process.
IT’S JUST A PLANT - a children’s story about marijuana .... “What’s that, Mommy?” asked Jackie. “Are you and Daddy smoking a cigarette?” “No, baby,” said her mother. “This is a joint. It’s made of marijuana.” “Mar-a-whahh?” asked Jackie, sleepily. “Marijuana,” smiled her dad, “is a plant.” “What kind of plant?” ....
