So I finally finished Crazy in Alabama. Loved it. Lucille, a frustrated and emotionally abused housewife in Cornelia Alabama finally gets fed up with her husband Chester and spikes his coffee with DeaCon rat poison. He keels over dead and she cuts his head off and puts in a Tupperware lettuce crisper, burping the seal to lock in freshness. Lucille dumps her four children at her mother’s house, and after showing Chester’s severed head to her nephew, Peter Joseph (PeeJoe) sets off for California where she has an appointment with an agent and a shot at a guest appearance on television. Her odyssey will take her to New Orleans, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco and Chester’s head will be with her all the way.
Meanwhile back in Alabama the orphaned PeeJoe and his brother, Wiley , are displaced by Lucille’s brood and sent to live with their Uncle Dove at his funeral parlor, a crumbling mansion in the town of Industry, Alabama where he unwittingly wanders onto the cover of Life magazine and into the thick of the civil rights movement. Childress is frequently laugh out loud funny and the plot is filled with wonderful absurdities and numerous clever twists.
A couple of weeks ago, Bev posted a link to her very first blog entry. I clicked and was time-warped back to 2000 and found myself reading along and clicking next and at some point Bev mentions that Merrell urged her to read this book. Which is how I happened to put in a request and read it myself. Thanks to Bev and Merrell.
One more drive down to Eatonville tomorrow morning, one more drive back then I am thankfully OFF on Saturday before beginning my new gig Sunday. TGIF
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