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Average rating4.2
It's 1924 in Branchville, South Carolina, and three women have come to a crossroads. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters. Retta, a first-generation freed slave, comes to Gertrude's aid despite the gossip it stirs in her community. Annie, the matriarch of the influential Coles family, offers Gertrude employment at her sewing circle while facing problems of her own at home. These three women seemingly have nothing in common, yet as they unite to stand up to injustices that have long plagued their small town, they find strength in the bond that ties women together. 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 the ferocity of motherhood.
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Fantastic read, I give this book five well earned stars.
Call Your Daughter Home is a story about three women who should not have a thing in common but they do and they band together to change the course of their own futures. Retta is a loving house maid who has suffered so many losses but chooses to do the best by others. Gertrude suffers immense abuse at the hands of her husband and finally makes a change for the benefit of her daughters. Ms. Annie Coles is the matriarch of her family and despite the loss of a child and the distance set between her and her daughters she finds a way with the help of Retta and Gertrude to make things right.
I loved the writing style of this story, you feel so empathetic and you really get a sense of the struggle each woman faces despite their social status. It's always refreshing to see that behind every man is a woman who has worked harder than one can imagine to keep her family thriving. The love told in this story is palpable and I shed tears when the characters finally see justice for the wrongs that have been done to them.
I appreciate that even though there are some really triggering issues in this book, such as molestation and domestic abuse, the writing is done in a classy way and not at all in a crude manner. You know wrong is being done and you see the flip side of the abusers getting their day in court so to speak.
Just a fantastic book and a touching story.