Just finished a great book! "Crazy in Alabama" is a book that I would recommend to anyone. It is a combination between serious and hilarious, taking place in Alabama in 1965. Racial tensions are soaring at the time, and 12 year old PeeJoe, short for Peter Joseph, is coming of age. He and his 14yo brother Wiley are orphans who live with their Meemaw, until Aunt Lucille comes to town with her 6 children. Aunt Lucille lets it slip right away that she has killed her husband and she has his head in a tupperware to prove it!! It gets 'crazier' from that moment. Definitely a great book that manages to evoke "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Fried Green Tomatoes", and Stephen King all at the same time. AMAZING!!!
I am starting "One Mississippi" by Childress, next... Stay tuned!
I would rate this book as:
4 ****
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