“Through her sharp and textured prose, Deborah Johnson uses fiction as a historical lens to examine the ghosts and secrets of the American South. The Air Between Us illuminates hidden corners of the past and offers an air of mystery that propels the reader forward.” - Ravi Howard author of Like Trees, Walking
“Deborah Johnson performs a sly, entertaining dissection… [she] offers a colorful, well-drawn story…languid though purposeful…this enjoyable story evokes a world once hidden in plain sight, and the inevitability of its end.” - Washington Post Book World
With its insightful take on human nature and an endearing cast of characters, this heartwarming novel with strike a chord with fans of Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees - Booklist