Authentic, gripping, a page-turner, yet also a novel filled with language that begs to be savored. "Like Jill McCorkle and Sue Monk Kidd, Spera probes the comfort and strength women find in their own company." ( O, The Oprah Magazine ) 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. 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. Annie, the matriarch of the influential Coles family, offers Gertrude employment at her sewing circle, while facing problems of her own at home. Call Your Daughter Home: A Novel Hardcover Jby Deb Spera (Author) 7,165 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 26.00 5 Used from 26.29 6 New from 26.00 Paperback 22.76 21 Used from 13.15 22 New from 20. Retta, a first-generation freed slave, comes to Gertrude's aid by watching her children, despite the gossip it causes in her community. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters. It's 1924 in Branchville, South Carolina, and three women have come to a crossroads.
Its 1924 South Carolina and the region is still recovering from the infamous boll weevil infestation that devastated the land and the economy. 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. A stunning tour de force following three fierce, unforgettable Southern women in the years leading up to the Great Depression.
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