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Crazy in Alabama

by Mark Childress · 1993

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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.

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of thisAlabamaAlabamaMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisLos AngelesLos AngelesMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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