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Call Your Daughter Home

Written by: Deb Spera
Narrated by: Robin Miles, Adenrele Ojo, Brittany Pressley
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Featured on Oprah's Summer Reading List

For readers and listeners of Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing and Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees, this extraordinary historical debut novel follows three fierce Southern women in an unforgettable story of motherhood and womanhood.

It's 1924 in Branchville, South Carolina, and three women have come to a crossroads. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters. Retta, a first-generation freed slave, comes to Gertrude's aid by watching her children, despite the gossip it causes in her community. Annie, the matriarch of the influential Coles family, offers Gertrude employment at her sewing circle, while facing problems of her own at home. These three women seemingly have nothing in common, yet as they unite to stand up to injustices that have long plagued the small town, they find strength in the bond that ties women together. Told in the pitch-perfect voices of Gertrude, Retta, and Annie, Call Your Daughter Home is an emotional, timeless story about the power of family, community, and ferocity of motherhood.

"Like Jill McCorkle and Sue Monk Kidd, Spera probes the comfort and strength women find in their own company." (O, The Oprah Magazine)

"A mesmerizing Southern tale.... Authentic, gripping, a page-turner, yet also a novel filled with language that begs to be savored." (Lisa Wingate, New York Times best-selling author of Before We Were Yours)

©2019 Deb Spera (P)2019 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction
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What a great listen and read!

This book is wonderful! One of my favourites !
I purchased the book for my own daughter ❤

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Phenomenal

An intriguing listen. Couldn't put it down. The narrators were fantastic & really allowed the listener to feel the emotions. Fantastic.

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I did not want the story to end

Just finished this wonderfully written and narrated book. I could not stop listening. It pulls you in and you just want more. The narrators did an amazing job bringing the charterers to life. I highly recommend this listen.

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One of the best books yet

Loved this story very much, the writing was incredible and the narration made you feel like you were part of the story

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Breathtaking

A perfect 5/5! The narration is bar none.
Extremely hard to put down. A must read for sure.

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I did not want to say goodbye ..

.. to Gertrude, Retta and Annie. Their stories transported me body and soul to 1924 South Carolina. Their stories will sit with you long after you finish the book. ♥️

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Great story and fabulous narration

I listen to this over the course of 24 hours as I became totally immersed in the story and the characters. The narration was absolutely brilliant.

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Perfection

The story line was excellent. We were give lots of delicious sideline
details that added so much to the story line. The reader brought the story to life with the accent. Perfectly presented

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Couldn’t put it down

What a great book!! It’s been a while since I listened to a book that had me sitting on the edge of my work truck seat like this one did. I cried, I laughed, I whooped for joy.. i felt all the feels. I really didn’t want it to end.

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Astounding!

This book came to me by accident, it is one of the best I have ever listened to. Three women narrators who never miss a beat. It is beautifully written, the pacing is perfect. Listen to this book

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