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Listening Length: 8 hours and 6 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Audible Release Date: 29 April 2005
Language: English
ASIN: B002SQ5NX8

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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When Arlene Fleet heads up north for college, she makes three promises to God: She will stop fornicating with every boy who crosses her path; never tell another lie; and never, ever go back to the "fourth rack of hell", her hometown of Possett, Alabama. All she wants from Him is one little miracle: make sure the body is never found.

Ten years later, God has broken His end of the deal. Alabama has landed on Arlene's Chicago doorstep in the form of her high school archenemy, a young woman who wants to find the golden-haired football hero who disappeared during their senior year.

To make matters worse, Arlene's African-American boyfriend, Burr, has given her an ultimatum; introduce him to her lily-white family or he's gone. Arlene would rather burn up in a fire than let him meet her steel magnolia Aunt Florence; her eccentric, half-mad Mama; her sweet-as-pecan-pie Cousin Clarice; and all the rest of her deeply racist kith and kin.

But the fickle finger of fate is pointing her south. All too soon she and Burr are on their way to confront Arlene's redneck roots, the secret she ran from, and the crime that stole her peace of mind. Back in the small town of her girlhood, Arlene's demons are closing in, and after a decade of running away, Arlene must face them all. Yet while the truth threatens to destroy the life she has built for herself, it just may open her eyes to a love powerful enough to revise her past and alter her future.

Crackling with humor, defiantly endearing characters, and plot twists that will astonish even the most jaded reader, Gods in Alabama will send you careening from tears to laughter and back. Most of all, it brings a unique, rough-around-the-edges heroine to life and makes her a permanent part of your own.

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful

WOW - brilliantly different! 15 Aug 2005

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Format:Paperback

Bit of a cliche but I just couldn't put this down. There are so many books out there that you feel you've read before, but this is just so different. Right at the start you're intrigued to learn that the heroine Arlene promised God that she'd never go back to her family in Alabama as long as he made sure that the body of the 'god' that she killed in high school was never found. Then you start to uncover what led up to the murder and there are loads of twists along the way. It wasn't just the mystery that had me hooked though - the Deep South setting and the eccentric characters are brilliant, especially Arlene who is fiery, funny and sad and had me cheering her on to the end. A refreshingly good book from a writer who I'm definitely going to look out for in the future.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Ooozing with southern style 31 Aug 2005

By "scordon7"

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Although this debut could never top the tales of the Deep South as written by Fannie Flagg, Jackson shows talent in depicting the tragic in a way which is easy to relate to. It is well worth reading this book for the falshbacks alone, which set the real tone of the story - allowing readers to sample the ups and downs of living along the southern bible belt. For anyone who has ever had a skeleton in their carefully arranged closet; this book is for you.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Excellent, mystery thrilling book! 17 Oct 2005

By M. Todd

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This is an absolutley fantastic book! Its a great mystery/romance . I read it in two days, couldn't put it down. The story follows Lena and her boyfriend. Along the way you get to find out why she won't go home to Alabama, the story of her life so far catches up for her and new twists develop throughout. The story keeps you guessing at the truth and while some people may be able to guess the ending, there are so many little twists you couldn't guess the whole thing. I loved this book and thoroughly recommend it. A light read but also fun and mysterious!

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Love,Love Love it!

This little, well written book packs a punch and I loved every moment of this verbal ride.
I didn't know what to expect out of this and I was beyond surprised... Read more

Published 16 months ago by RimA

A very surprising read - well worth it !

I picked this book up at a Christmas Fayre mainly because I liked the front cover, the title and the blurb drew me in. Read more

Published 16 months ago by The Mogster

Ditsy half-wit gets it all wrong

There is something far too cosy about this rather cutie-pie girlhood in Alabama novel. Something rather too teen-slot about its overheated sexual longings and bad behaviour. Read more

Published on 15 Sep 2009 by Eileen Shaw

Entertaining

I read this book in three or four sittings and loved the characters more as the story progressed. My favourite was Aunt Florence, laughing out loud at the way she spoke to the... Read more

Published on 4 Aug 2009 by Morag Noakes

Are There Really Gods in Alabama?

Not a bad attempt at a first novel, but like many other writers' first novels, Gods in Alabama is a very basic start for Jackson in which the plot simply floats along with not much... Read more

Published on 27 Oct 2008 by Whatchulookinat?

Synopsis from back cover

When Lena Fleet went to college, she promised God she would stop fornicating with every boy she met, never tell another lie and never, ever go back to her hometown in Alabama. Read more

Published on 22 Oct 2008 by Mary_10

Disappointing, unbelievable ...pointless.

I was disappointed in this book; I felt the plot denouement was far-fetched and ridiculous and it made me feel that I had wasted my time reading it.

Published on 17 Sep 2008 by Becky Sharpe


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