Calling Me Home.
de Kibler, Julie
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Muy bueno
- ISBN 10
- 1250052963
- ISBN 13
- 9781250052964
- Librería
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St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States
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Sobre este artículo
St. Martin's Griffin, 2013. Paperback. Very good. Softcover, minor wear, previous owner initials inside front cover, binding tight, a nice copy.
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El Mar 15 2015, CloggieDownunder dijo:
Calling Me Home is the first novel by American author, Julie Kibler. When eighty-nine-year-old Miss Isabelle asks her black hairdresser, Dorrie to drive her from Texas to Ohio, Dorrie realises it must be for a very good reason. Single mother of a teenaged boy and girl, Dorrie welcomes the break from her busy life and the new man on the scene who seems too good to be true. As they head toward Cincinnati, and what Dorrie gathers to be a funeral, Miss Isabelle shares memories of her life as a young woman in a very white Kentucky community. A life with a forceful mother for whom appearance was everything, a liberal-minded father too cautious to take a public stand, a pair of arrogant, racist brothers and black servants who were more family to Isabelle than her own kin. She also reveals her first love, her one true love.
The narrative is alternates between two time periods: the events of 1940s are told by Miss Isabelle; the present day happenings are related by Dorrie, touching on the road trip and the dramas of her own family life as well as forming a break from Miss Isabelle’s story and reflecting on that. Kibler’s novel deals with racial discrimination, segregation and intermarriage, as well as sexual discrimination. Her characters are multi-faceted and appealing and her representation of 1940’s Ohio feels authentic. Often funny, and at times, heartbreaking, this is a heart-warming story with a surprise twist near the end. An impressive debut.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Books Revisited (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 240616
- Título
- Calling Me Home.
- Autor
- Kibler, Julie
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1250052963
- ISBN 13
- 9781250052964
- Editorial
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Lugar de publicación
- Ny Usa
- Fecha de publicación
- 2013
- Palabras clave
- 9781250052964
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