Fan CastingOn the Come Up

Description of Jayda Jackson (Jay):

Bri's mom. Bri began calling her Jay about a year after Lawless's death when Jay became addicted to crack and left Bri and Trey with Grandma and Granddaddy. Jay fully recognizes and owns that she made poor decisions as a young mother, and in the present, it's clear that she's done everything in her power to be a good parent. She's been sober for eight years, though she's only had custody of Bri and Trey for five. At the beginning of the novel, Jay works as a secretary at Christ Temple Church, which her family also attends. She attends night school to earn a social work degree so that she can give others addicted to drugs the help that she couldn't get when she was addicted.