
Calling Me Home
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Bahni Turpin
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Lorna Raver
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By:
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Julie Kibler
Eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle McAllister has a big favor to ask her hairdresser, Dorrie. She wants the black single mother to drop everything and drive her from Texas to a funeral in Ohio - tomorrow. Dorrie, fleeing problems of her own and curious about Isabelle’s past, agrees, not knowing it will be a journey that changes both their lives.
Isabelle confesses that, as a teen in 1930s Kentucky, she fell in love with Robert Prewitt, a would-be doctor and the black son of her family’s housekeeper - in a town where blacks weren’t allowed after dark. The tale of their forbidden relationship and its tragic consequences just might help Dorrie find her own way.
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What did you love best about Calling Me Home?
This is the best book I've listened to in a LONG time. I bawled my eyes out, the sign of a good book to me! I enjoyed the readers, and absolutely LOVED the story. Amazing.Heartbreakingly Amazing
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The story is told through the perspectives of two women--Miss Isabelle, the aging white woman, and Dorrie, the middle-aged black woman who aids Miss Isabelle on her journey. In the audio version two different narrators are used to voice these women.
quality historical fiction
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Would you consider the audio edition of Calling Me Home to be better than the print version?
Did not read the print version.Who was your favorite character and why?
I think they were all good, especially the two main characters.Which character – as performed by Bahni Turpin and Lorna Raver – was your favorite?
Bahni TurpinIf you could rename Calling Me Home, what would you call it?
Would not changeAny additional comments?
I think the times have not changed much. Yes, by-racial marriages are here to stay but still frown by family members.ENJOYED THE PACE
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Sad but very hard to stop listening to
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If you could sum up Calling Me Home in three words, what would they be?
Love comes from many directions. Life and society always pulling us one way and then (the never ending rollercoaster we all live). Loss hurts no matter how it comes about. Love lives on maybe not how we want, but inside us it lives forever.What other book might you compare Calling Me Home to and why?
Pecan Man, would be a close story. The characters in the stories love and loss, with a little fun in the middle. Another great book.What about Bahni Turpin and Lorna Raver ’s performance did you like?
Like no, I loved them. The book had to have that balance to make it real. It made the story come to life.If you could take any character from Calling Me Home out to dinner, who would it be and why?
All of them.Any additional comments?
You should not miss this book. AUDIO is the way to enjoy this book. I had it in paper but the cast needed the voices to bring it to life. Laugh, cry, think oh my, want to take a few punches at a few cast members. I am using the word cast because it is a movie going on in your mind as you listen.Wow!! Relationship story on so many levels.
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Beautiful yet sad
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This was a powerful read and it is a story that you will leave both loving and hating.
Heart breaking!
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Excellent story
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Very much worth your time.
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