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Call Your Daughter Home
by Deb Spera
Oprah got this one right. I have a book hangover from reading this.
Set in South Carolina during the mid 20's when the boll weevil infestation wiped out family fortunes, first generation freed slaves weren't really "free, " and all women were expected to obey their man, no matter the circumstances. The story is told through Retta, the cook in Annie Coles' plantation, Annie, the matriarch of the Coles family and mother of four children, two estranged, and Gertrude, an abused wife that has to make heartbreaking decisions to save her daughters.
These women seem to have nothing in common, yet they stand up to injustices in their own way.
Call Your Daughter Home is an emotionally gripping story that will have the reader invested in the lives of each woman.
* For the reviews that are comparing it to Where the Crawdads Sing, Call Your Daughter Home is much more powerful.
Set in South Carolina during the mid 20's when the boll weevil infestation wiped out family fortunes, first generation freed slaves weren't really "free, " and all women were expected to obey their man, no matter the circumstances. The story is told through Retta, the cook in Annie Coles' plantation, Annie, the matriarch of the Coles family and mother of four children, two estranged, and Gertrude, an abused wife that has to make heartbreaking decisions to save her daughters.
These women seem to have nothing in common, yet they stand up to injustices in their own way.
Call Your Daughter Home is an emotionally gripping story that will have the reader invested in the lives of each woman.
* For the reviews that are comparing it to Where the Crawdads Sing, Call Your Daughter Home is much more powerful.