Audio Book Description:
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; nevertell another live; 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 formof her high school archenemy, ayoung woman who wants to findthe golden-hair-ed 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 CousinClarice; 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 andBurr 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 ofher girlhood, Arlene`s demons are closing in - and after a decade of running away, Arlene must face them all.Yet while the truth threatens todestroy 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.
