* I Promise, I do talk about books in this post! Ever finish a Tv series you've been binging and then all other things feel dull and unsatisfying? That would be me for the last few weeks. I finished up The Killing and now I'm in this rut that I don't care to read or even discuss what I have r...
Calling Me Home was one of those books that you do not want to end, yet you want to know the ending. I was drawn into Isabelle’s story immediately, so much so that I started and finished the book in the span of a few hours. Yes, there is a love story; but Calling Me Home is also a story about friend...
By Julie Kibler ISBN-13: 9781250020437 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication date: 1/7/2014 Pages: 352 My Rating: (5 Stars) A poignant, debut novel – a winner out of the gate, filled with careful description and woven skillfully! A vivid, engaging first book with strong characters, ...
Calling Me Home is surprisingly enjoyable. Surprising because, let's be honest, white women trying to write a feel-good story about the black experience has not only become cliché, but is and has always been a dangerous path to take. Through their stories, an evident ignorance or disregard for black...
3.5 StarsCalling Me Home by Julie Kibler is a beautiful debut Novel telling the story of a forbidden love in 1930s Kentucky with a modern-day friendship.Eighty nine year old Isabelle McAllister has a favour to ask her hairdresser Dorrie Curtis. It's a big one. Isabelle wants Dorrie, a black single...
Read my full review: http://bit.ly/16yjtwpMy opinion: I had the opportunity to review this book through St. Martin's Press early reviewer program and I turned it down. I didn't know at that point, but it was an incredibly smart decision. When I noticed that a friend of mine gave it 5 stars and state...
There’s nothing like a car ride and a good conversation to bond two people. When eighty-nine year old Isabelle asks her hairdresser to drive her from Texas to Ohio, Dorrie had no idea the adventure she would be taking. Being a single mother Dorrie drops everything she is doing, to drive her client ...
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