One Mississippi

Name: One Mississippi
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Mark Childress
ISBN: 9781449800550

Author: Mark Childress

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Mark Childress is the author of the New York Times best-seller Crazy in Alabama. Here he again turns his keen literary eye to smalltown Southern living. Yankee transplant Daniel Musgrove can't seem to fit in at his Mississippi high school. When he meets fellow outsider Tim Cousins, things look up. Then the two boys' battles with a local bully escalate into a violent act that rocks the town. "Childress eloquently addresses racism, tentative adolescent love, family dysfunction ... with plenty of wit and insight ..."-Booklist

Reviews

Goodreads review by Candi

2.5 stars "I knew better than anybody how a harmless little lie could turn into a Lie, and take over your life." This book was full of these seemingly harmless ‘little’ lies and secrets… lots of secrets. It takes place in Mississippi at the time of desegregation in the schools. Many 1970s references a......more

Goodreads review by Barbara

Maybe you had to be around in the 70's to understand this book.If you have ever encountered true racism, had a friend commit suicide, dome something totally stupid and dangerous as a teenager, felt completely alienated from your parents, or tried to save someone from himself, you will still find an......more