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  <title><![CDATA[Crazy in Alabama]]></title>
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  <default_description>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.&lt;br&gt;A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK&lt;br&gt;A FEATURED ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1993</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mark Childress]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 05 06:58:16 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 05 07:01:34 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a disappointment after reading One Mississippi, which I thought was a great book.  This one has the same over the top quality, but the storyline isn't as good and the sexual content is just gratuitous.  I can handle some racy scenes in a book if they are central to the plot, but I felt this was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14610485">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40271326">
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    <location><![CDATA[Shreveport, LA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 16 19:29:13 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 29 15:02:48 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Crazy in Alabama kept me interested, but after finishing it, I can't really say that I liked the book.  Some of the characters were not at all sympathetic, and the events in the book were sometimes too over the top for me.  There was more than one story taking place during the book, and I liked some...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40271326">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="44416908">
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    <name><![CDATA[Beth]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 26 11:57:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 26 12:02:12 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[OK, this one was a HUGE surprise for me. I was persistently coaxed to read this one, and despite my resistance, I was finally persuaded to read it. I began reading it as a skeptic, but within the first 10 pages, I changed into a fan of this can't-put-down book.<br/><br/>What a GREAT read!! This is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44416908">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="3316407">
    <user id="185216">
    <name><![CDATA[Boatgirl]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 20 09:08:49 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 26 16:26:09 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Heartbreaking on so many levels, yet very funny.<br/>The book deal with a small Southern town during the civil rights movement, with that town's struggle coalescing around a public swimming pool.  Meanwhile, the protagonist's aunt has escaped an unhappy, psychologically abusive marriage by murderin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3316407">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3316407]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="55977268">
    <user id="2250070">
    <name><![CDATA[Mark]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Las Cruces, NM]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 13 15:26:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 13 15:32:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wild, wacky and weird! I have never felt the same about Tupperware lettuce holders again after I read this. <br/><br/>Murder, life on the lam, sudden rocketing to fame, and equally abrupt plummeting to a jail cell are some of the kaleidoscopic elements of this truly wondrous tale! <br/><br/>But,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55977268">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55977268]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="74512525">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jane]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Aurora, CO]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 14 10:18:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 14 10:20:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I listened to this book while making turkey day dinner with my dad.  I was surprised that he was enjoying it as much as I was.  I didn't think it was his cup of tea.  I watched the movie first &amp; must say that I love this film.  If it's only tv &amp; I stumble across it ... I am out for the count.  A rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74512525">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74512525]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="69787439">
    <user id="2694778">
    <name><![CDATA[Janet]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Crown Point, IN]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 02 05:47:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 08 11:40:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Was an ok read, moved along fairly well.  I had mixed feelings about the Lucille character, hated at first but then started liking when she managed to play Hollywood, only to dislike in the end because she didn't really seem to wise up.  Never could get a liking up for the whole Peejoe storyline, li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69787439">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69787439]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="55360309">
    <user id="1417307">
    <name><![CDATA[Tom]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Alexandria, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 08 07:03:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 08 07:05:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[If Childress has written it, there are going to be surprises, quirky characters,and lot's of fun. His most successful novel, thanks to the so-so Melanie Griffith film version, but still odd, different, compelling and enjoyable. Check out his other works as well, all a little off center but very good...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55360309">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55360309]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="3072238">
    <user id="191052">
    <name><![CDATA[Barbara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Readers looking for something unusual]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 14 10:26:05 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 14 10:33:10 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I am a real sucker for uniqueness in a book, and this one has it!  There are two stories being told in parallel.  Every other chapter tells one story, and vice versa.  One story is a dark sad story of a young boy staying with his uncle, an undertaker, as the experience a tremendous problem in their ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3072238">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3072238]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="71731894">
    <user id="876709">
    <name><![CDATA[Yeva]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kingwood, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 18 19:38:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 18 19:40:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh My God!  Tupperware -- what a stroke of genius.  This book was often too much -- too much imagination, too much grief,  too much reality.  I loved every moment of reading it.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71731894]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="59661818">
    <user id="2019485">
    <name><![CDATA[Mimi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Diego, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 14 17:29:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 08 20:24:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[By far one of the best books I've read in a couple a years. I love the writing style and the way that you laugh out loud and come close to crying throughout. Dove was such a great character...confused and &quot;real&quot;. I will definitely read this one again. I have a feeling that this book will h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59661818">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59661818]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9660470">
    <user id="646627">
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who's had a bad relationship]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 28 10:57:19 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 28 11:28:32 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book was a quick read, but seriously, if you've ever been in a bad relationship and want a quick, decisive way out, this book offers a couple suggestions, albeit illegal suggustions.  It's really funny and well written, but what sets this apart from other standard fiction novels is it is also a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9660470">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9660470]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="13168786">
    <user id="815670">
    <name><![CDATA[Carolina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/815670-carolina-mccollum]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 22 11:02:26 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 24 08:35:46 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book on the plane/in the hotel during my brother's graduation from college. I could NOT put it down, and after having seen the movie, the book is at least five million times better. Peejoe goes from being a spoiled, naive kid to an enlightened, opinionated kid in a matter of months when ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13168786">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13168786]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="78010139">
    <user id="2934515">
    <name><![CDATA[Susan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2934515-susan]]></url>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 16 16:23:44 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 16 16:30:23 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic &amp; crazy. Tom Stechschulte's narration added a lot.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78010139]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="58603918">
    <user id="2384156">
    <name><![CDATA[Kevin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Leavenworth, KS]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 05 19:23:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 05 19:24:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun book. Read it on vacation one year, it was just the thing.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58603918]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="49346161">
    <user id="2113170">
    <name><![CDATA[Tracy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 15 11:02:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 15 11:03:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[July 2008 selection<br/>Book club met in August 2008.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49346161]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="76120495">
    <user id="996041">
    <name><![CDATA[Holly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Makawao, HI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/996041-holly]]></url>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 29 10:11:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 05 09:25:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dark humor; a wild romp through the south and Hollywood of the 60ies. A quick, easy read, yet leaves something behind to ponder.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76120495]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="70554081">
    <user id="2671018">
    <name><![CDATA[Eliza]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pleasant Grove, UT]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[I am from the South, born and bred and currently reside in the state of Alabama and I love it here so of course I had to read this book.  <br/><br/>Childress hits the nail on the head in this one.  The book was laugh out loud funny at times.  It is one of those stories that you have to wonder if i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11677111">more...</a>]]></body>
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