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Ida’s world is muddy. Filled with dirt roads, creek banks, steep bluffs and cotton fields. Inhabited by bumblers and braggarts, punks and preachers, seekers and soothsayers. Where the fight for redemption is hard fought and hard won.
So turn up the radio and hold tight, this is one ride you do not want to miss!
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“Idabel Allen has a solid, remarkable little book here... a strange blend of punk music, Flannery O' Connor's inimitable Southern oddness.”
— J from New York, Vine Voice
You guessed it. I’m Idabel Allen and I serve up the best in new deep-fried literature in the tradition of Eudora Welty, Charles Portis, William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor.
I’ve been published in Writer’s Digest, TripFiction, Women Writers, Women’s Books and featured in Southern Writers Magazine.
Be sure to check out my interview in The Southern Literary Review iffen you’d like to know a little more.with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
“This isn't about the genteel, quaint South. It's a complex, raw story about family secrets, a country funeral that gives an emotional gut punch, and the meandering path of fate that re-unites a troubled family.”
– Carolyn Bahm, Barlett Express
“Cursed! by Idabel Allen is gripping, emotional, and hilarious. At 254 pages, it’s not a quick read but I guarantee you won’t be able to put it down. This book might be YA, but as a mid-20s adult, I still loved it. What can I say? I love a good mystery with decent character development, and Allen’s work did not let me down.”
- Stephanie J, Goodreads