One Mississippi

By: Mark Childress

Narrated by: Jeff Woodman

Yankee transplant Daniel Musgrove can't seem to fit in at his Mississippi high school. When he meets fellow outsider Tim Cousins, things look up. But then the two boys' battles with a local bully escalate into a violent act that rocks the town.©2006 Mark Childress (P)2007 Recorded Books

Ended Abrubtly

I kept wondering what happened to the main character as he grew up. Good book.

5 Stars

This book was one of the best books I have had the pleasure of listening to in a while. The narrator did an excellent job of the southern accent. There is nothing worse than a botched southern accent in an audiobook. It is easy to listen to and hard to turn off. I was sad when it was over. Like I lost a friend... :)

good book, excellent narrator

This was a good audible-- the narrator was wonderful. Started out very light and brought back memories as the era of the book was the same as my high school years. Well done characters. The end was not what I was expecting and the themes were different from what I expected but the book was very well done.

Unbelievably great book!

Mark Childress is a genius writer in the same vein as southern greats, Faulkner, Capote, and O'Connor. This book is away ahead of its time when written and is as relevant today as any contemporary work out there. It's story telling at its best. Get the book!

Heavy stuff…Excellent Narration

Heavy stuff…Excellent Narration . This narrator did a terrific job with different voices and even made the singing fun. I picked up this book from. Little Free Library and started reading the book, but switched to the audio. I. Pleased I did that; as I wouldn’t have ended finishing this book had U not.

The story was written well. It covers heavy topics of growing up in Mississippi in the early 70’s and all that entailed.

There were some funny parts to this story, but you will not walk away feeling good. It’s just not that type of novel. Because of that I see no reason to recommend to book.

A great listen, if not great literature

Mark Childress has written one exceptional novel (Tender) and several good reads of varying quality. One Mississippi works well for me as a great listen, an almost ideal audiobook if you find appealing an easy-to-absorb, engaging, sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, often over-the-top coming of age story. It features a cast of lively characters, some rendered with depth and striking originality, and all aided by a narrator whose diverse voices become more winning and convincing as the story unfolds.
The story has some unusual and original conceits and flourishes, but overall I enjoyed the entertainment too much to question the unevenness and improbabilities that may bother other listeners. The climatic scene, I'm sure, will be rightly criticized as derivative, out of place in a story set in early 1970s Mississippi, unbelievable and maybe a cheap shot. I still did not want the story to end, and loved the parting image of a sky blue Pinto rocketing down the highway into the Mississippi night.

Entertaining but also a moving story

The first 30 minutes I didn’t know if I could handle the accents, they were put on a bit thick. But then it settled in and then they weren’t so over the top. I was a Mississippi native so the accents used are very true to that region of the south and it did sound like ‘home’ .
The story was very good and included a lot of the way things were in that time in he South. It is told from the perspective of a ‘Yankee’ high schooler whose family is transferred to the area for the dads job. There is all the usual high school drama with bullies pressures of friends, and the like while also really developing all the little nuances of high school life with first love, jealousies, and even just the small details of where they are living that make you feel really connected to the whole story. Underneath is a real coming of age story building up to the heart wrenching conclusion. It is an excellent story that was extremely well executed by the narrator.

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This story was hard to pause. Compelling, unflinching, honest: a mirror to reckon with. Love.

I didn't see that coming!

I thought I was reading something a little more YA. Definitely not 😳. If I'd known more about the subject matter, I never would have listened to this book. However, it was so intriguing once I was far enough in, that I had to finish it. Very well written and the narration was maybe the best yet!

There isn`t enough starts for this one!

One Mississippi is for sure one of funniest books of all time, period. It is a fast moving book and very easy to listen to. The narrator Jeff Woodman really does a great job impersonating all the different characters of the story. I really felt in love with the drama of the principal character, Daniel Musgrove and had to keep listen to it many times after the first run because this is one of those books that we wish will never end. This is the ultimate teen tragic comedy of the seventies. Really worth listening at this one. As for me all I can say is that I can`t stop listen to it over and over.