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Calling Me Home

By: Julie Kibler
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Lorna Raver
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A stunning, moving tale of forbidden love in segregated 1930s Kentucky, perfect for fans of The Help.

Love doesn't play by the rules… Shalerville, Kentucky, 1939. A world where black maids and handymen are trusted to raise white children and tend to white houses, but from which they are banished after dark. Sixteen-year-old Isabelle McAllister, born into wealth and privilege, finds her ordered life turned upside down when she becomes attracted to Robert, the ambitious black son of her family’s housekeeper. Before long Isabelle and Robert are crossing extraordinary, dangerous boundaries and falling deeply in love.

Many years later, eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle will travel from her home in Arlington, Texas, to Ohio for a funeral. With Isabelle is her hairstylist and friend, Dorrie Curtis – a black single mother with her own problems. Along the way, Isabelle will finally reveal to Dorrie the truth of her painful past: a tale of forbidden love, the consequences of which will resound for decades…

©2013 Julie Kibler (P)2013 Blackstone Audio Inc Contemporary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Heartfelt Tear-jerking Emotionally Gripping Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

”Fans of The Help with love this touching debut…A poignant tale of race relations in America, it will have you hooked” <Sunday Express, S Magazine )

”This touching tale covers the same difficult subject of racism and segregation in 20th-centuary America as The Help. But it’s a much more human and personal book…A sad but life-affirming book” (Bella Magazine)

”Comparisons to The Help are inevitable, and though there are echoes of Kathryn Stockett’s popular best-seller to be found in Calling Me Home, Kibler has crafted a wholly original debut” (Booklist)

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I don’t think I can give the right words to how much I loved this book. As hard as it was to listen at times. The the characters were superb and the narration absolutely perfect. Fan bloody tastic

Phenomenal

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There was nothing to dislike in this book, the story had twists and turns, I love how it unfolded I wish it had a happier ending for Issa

I loved this book! It actually brought tears to my eyes and I loved the performance, I didn’t want the story to end..!

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I really enjoyed this book. Intresting people with diffacult histories learning to love the people in their lives dispite all the problems they encounter along the way.

A love story

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Would you consider the audio edition of Calling Me Home to be better than the print version?

can't answer - haven't read the print version. However, I applaud the readers of the audio edition. Their expressive voices, their interactions - that they were (seemingly) of the place and time gave the storyline a vibrant life.

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CallingMeHome has become part of a triumvirate for me - there are 3 audible books over and above good; this is one of them. It, and the others, left me more knowledgeable - about the subject matter; more moved - that man/woman behave thus, and beyond grateful that such books have been written, and audio'd!

BLACK WHITE - WHITE BLACK. MESMERISING

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Very good reading experience with interesting characters and story line. Audiobook was great to listen to.

Calling me home

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A beautiful story of love,heartbreak and the ongoing struggles for equality.i love Isabells character and the author made it easy to both relate to ,love and hate the characters
I would definitely recommend this story

Heartbreakingly beautiful read

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Couldn't stop listening until I reached the end. Engaging narrative with memorable characters whose story stays with you long after you have finished the book

loved it!

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Thi is such a wonderful story, well written, I really enjoyed listening to it.

loved it

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an absolutely beautiful story. I really enjoyed listening to it and thought the narrator did a really good job.
the characters were well written and it was easy to get involved in their lives. the author carries you along through the story with a real ease. there is nothing that grates are spoils the flow.
I highly recommend this story. I loved listening to it whilst at the gym.

calling me home - beautiful

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This is a story that gripped me from the start because both main characters are interesting and strong women in different ways. This is emotional without being sentimental and artfully unfolds the story of a life. Highly recommend.

a Quietly Powerful Story

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