“By turns rollicking and troubling, as provocative as it is droll, One Mississippi is about as easy to resist as a riptide. This critic's advice is to go with its powerful flow.”
— Raleigh News & Observer
“There is nothing small about Childress's fine novel. It's big in all the ways that matter - big in daring, big in insight, and big-hearted. Really, really big-hearted.”
— New Orleans Times-Picayune
“A Tilt-a-Whirl that flings the reader from comedy to calamity. . . . Childress is a fabulist in the manner of John Irving.”
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Wise, riveting, hilarious, painful, gentle, and ferocious, One Mississippi is a wonderful read.”
— Anne Lamott
One Mississippi
Year
2006
Pages
400
Audience
young adult
Praise
“By turns rollicking and troubling, as provocative as it is droll, One Mississippi is about as easy to resist as a riptide. This critic's advice is to go with its powerful flow.”
— Raleigh News & Observer
“There is nothing small about Childress's fine novel. It's big in all the ways that matter - big in daring, big in insight, and big-hearted. Really, really big-hearted.”
— New Orleans Times-Picayune
“A Tilt-a-Whirl that flings the reader from comedy to calamity. . . . Childress is a fabulist in the manner of John Irving.”
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Wise, riveting, hilarious, painful, gentle, and ferocious, One Mississippi is a wonderful read.”
— Anne Lamott
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