Critical 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."

—Marianne Gingher, Raleigh News & Observer

"Wise, riveting, hilarious, painful, gentle, and ferocious, One Mississippi is a wonderful read."

—Anne Lamott

"A Tilt-a-Whirl that flings the reader from comedy to calamity. . . . Childress is a fabulist in the manner of John Irving."

—Charles Matthews, Atlanta Journal-Constitution