Allegedly

Tiffany D. Jackson

Jan 2017 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this eBook

4 starred reviews!

Orange Is the New Black meets Walter Dean Myer’s Monster in this gritty, twisty, and haunting debut by Tiffany D. Jackson about a girl convicted of murder seeking the truth while surviving life in a group home.

Mary B. Addison killed a baby.

Allegedly. She didn’t say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: a white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it?

There wasn’t a point to setting the record straight before, but now she’s got Ted—and their unborn child—to think about. When the state threatens to take her baby, Mary’s fate now lies in the hands of the one person she distrusts the most: her Momma. No one knows the real Momma. But does anyone know the real Mary?

Ratings and reviews

Good book, but too many characters to keep up with, takes away from main characters. Also the ending , not what I expected at all 🥴😒

Allegedly is a thrilling heart wrenching roller coaster with an unexpected ending. →Trigger Warning: Violence, Rape, Ablism, Pet Murder, Child Abuse, → Fatphobic →Homophobic statements from characters → Love Ms Claire and Ms Cora →That part about the mirrors killed me. →Unreliable narrator →A lot of the bible, Christian god talk, and devil inside type stuff. →Abortion doesn't mean baby-killer!!! →I love the Law & Order: SVU fangirling, especially about Benson. I've felt that exact same thing about her and that show. It was cathartic in a way, watching it growing up. I was so engrossed to this book allllllllll they way through. Nothing bad to say, no problems with it, full on heart eyes emoji. The narrator was fantastic. Then that last damn chapter. Part of me loves it and is still thinking about it, part of me hates it for the shock, the undoing, and is still thinking about it. The only thing I can really say, either way, you'll never forget Mary B. Addison and there's SO many more questions than answers that linger and haunt.

Awesome book! Words cannot describe the ups and downs this book took me through! great read and the ending still leaves you questioning

About the author

Tiffany D. Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of Allegedly, Monday's Not Coming, Let Me Hear a Rhyme, Grown, White Smoke, and The Weight of Blood and coauthor of Blackout and Whiteout. A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book and Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, she received her Bachelor of Arts in film from Howard University, earned her Master of Arts in media studies from the New School, and has over a decade of TV and film experience. The Brooklyn native still resides in the borough she loves. You can visit her at writeinbk.com.