Audio read by Catherine TaberHachette Audio, 2005
7 unabridged cds
320 pgs.
Rating: 4.5
I love the reader of this audio book. Her southern accent is soft and lovely...a great pleasure to listen to, helping create the setting and the protagonist solidly.
Arlene Fleet left Possett, Alabama the minute she graduated from high school, vowing to never return. Actually, she'd made a deal with God that she would never again lie, fornicate, or return to Possett Alabama, if he would help her out by keeping the body of the guy she killed hidden forever. (!!) Ten years have passed, she's a doctoral candidate in Chicago with an African American boyfriend who's pretty special. She's kept in close touch with her family by phone, but whe hasn't seen them in those ten years. But now, she feels she must break all her promises and return home.
Filled with humor and great storytelling, this book was a gem. Arlene tells the story of the murder and its surrounding in flashbacks throughout the story, beautifully woven in. This was Joshilyn Jackson's first book, she's written three since: Between, Georgia; Backseat Saints, and the Girl Who Stopped Swimming. I've orderd Between, Georgia to see if it's even half as good as this one.
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