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Crooked Hallelujah

Kelli Jo Ford’s first book, composed of interlocking stories, is like a wildfire that slowly approaches a home and then whips through an entire region.

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Review of ‘Crooked Hallelujah’

Kelli Jo Ford’s first book, composed of interlocking stories set in Oklahoma and North Texas, is like a wildfire that slowly approaches a home and then whips through an entire region. Crooked Hallelujah opens in 1974 and introduces four generations of Cherokee women: Granny, Lula, Justine and Reney. The women are as intertwined as they are…

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