Crazy in Alabama
Author: Mark Childress
Comic and tragic, unique and outlandish, CRAZY IN ALABAMA is the story of two journeys–Lucille’s from Industry, Alabama, to Los Angeles, to star on ‘THE BEVERLY HILL BILLIES’ and her 12-year-old nephew Peejoe’s, who is about to discover two kinds of Southern justice, and what that means about the stories he’s heard and the people he knows.A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKA FE….Read More
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