false 223462 12 When Arlene Fleet headed off to college in Chicago, she made three promises to God: She would never again lie, never fornicate outside marriage, and never, ever go back to her tiny hometown of Possett, Alabama. All God had to do in exchange was to make sure the body of high school quarterback Jim Beverly was never found. Ten years later, Arlene has kept her promises, but an old schoolmate has recently turned up asking questions. And now Arlene's African American beau has given her a tough ultimatum: introduce him to her family, or he's gone. As she prepares to confront guilt, discrimination, and a decade of deception, Arlene is about to discover just how far she will go to find redemption and love. 1345543 2005 Gods in Alabama total:2519|5:494|4:1055|3:747|2:177|1:46| 2519 9331 3298 495 5 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 25 19:50:24 -0700 2007 Fri May 25 19:55:54 -0700 2007 Time Traveller's Wife...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 05:04:59 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 05:07:06 -0700 2007 I picked it up in a charity shop because it looked interesting, which is my favourite method of book-buying. I loved it, I was hooked, the characters are so real, and it use...more...]]> 1 3 false false Sun Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 09:20:12 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 18:36:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 true true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 00:51:24 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 01:38:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 19:53:12 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 05:22:17 -0700 2007 Between, Georgia better. Right off the bat, I kept thinking this one was just weird.

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A lot of the wacky Southern stuff fell flat and has been done before by other authors with greater insight and flair. Some of the h...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 22:32:04 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 23:10:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Aug 06 08:20:25 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 08:23:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Mar 05 20:16:34 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 20:18:13 -0800 2009
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson was a good book. Joshilyn Jackson has written other books such as The Girl Who Stopped Swimming and Between, Georgia.

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There's an element of crime novel (tiny...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 12:04:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 12:04:08 -0700 2009
In the meantime, Burr her African American boyfriend wants to meet her ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 13:04:50 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 10:53:30 -0700 2009
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The Steel Magnolia ferocious family tie is great, the racism twist is hysterically funny (which has just gotta be hard to pull off, given the pain of the subject) and the writing is so pretty I didn't skim read.
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