Oprah Magazine included it on her summer reading guide and when my friend and fellow reader Felicia DM'ed me to talk about it, she described the writing as 'soulful' and I could not agree more. All three lives will become entwined as the story progresses, and though it was at times a difficult read, I flew through this book in one evening and I found myself holding my breath as I turned the last page. This story is set right before the Great Depression and is told from three perspectives: a matriarch of a plantation, a first generation freed slave and a neighboring woman who is suffering brutal abuse at the hands of her husband. When I come across vivid writing like that, it just Gives. I am still attempting to wrap my brain around the fact that this is Deb Spera’s first work of Southern fiction because I could feel the South Carolina heat rising off of the page, I could hear the preacher and the choir raising the roof during a rousing Sunday sermon, I could smell Retta's homemade biscuits rising in the kitchen and I could see the gators as they silently glided through the swamps. Every person needs the sun.”Ĭall Your Daughter Home is a POWERFUL debut about motherhood, justice and the resiliency of women. A hole can be a haven, but you can't stay in a hole forever. 'If you reach a point in life where it feels there is only dark around you, that's 'cause there is. This is one of the most beautifully spun tales I've read, which is par for the course for Doerr.'Listen to what I tell you,' Grandmother said to me. And I was in the middle seat sandwiched between two men! Poor guys. I finished this on the plane ride home with tears streaming down my face. He was as satisfying as the rest of the characters.

The villain felt like he was plucked from Les Mis, but it didn't matter. Doerr does not hold back about the devastating effects of war but gives us a glimmer of hope in the midst of so much tragedy.

You fall in love with characters swiftly, most specifically Marie and Werner, but also everyone surrounding them. I came to this one late after having read, 'Cloud Cuckoo Land.'Įvery chapter is bite size, no more than two or three pages so every word is precise to character and events. You fall in love with characters sw Anthony Doerr is a masterful storyteller.

I came to this one late after having read, 'Cloud Cuckoo Land.' Every chapter is bite size, no more than two or three pages so every word is precise to character and events. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 starsĪnthony Doerr is a masterful storyteller.

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