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. Like Jill McCorkle and Sue Monk Kidd, Spera probes the comfort and strength women find in their own company.- O, The Oprah MagazineA mesmerizing Southern. Annie, the matriarch of the influential Coles family, offers Gertrude employment at her sewing circle, while facing problems of her own at home. A intimate conversation with novelist Deb Spera about her new book Call Your Daughter Home moderated by Channing Dungey, VP Netflix. Call Your Daughter Home: A Novel - Deb Spera - Google Books Call Your Daughter Home: A Novel Deb Spera Harlequin, Fiction - 384 pages 12 Reviews Reviews arent. 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. Call Your Daughter Home: A Novel Call Your Daughter Home: A Novel Hijas del sur (Narrativa) (Spanish Edition) Hijas del sur (Narrativa) (Spanish Edition). Deb Speras debut novel Call Your Daughter Home is an emotionally resonant and stunning tour de force that follows three fierce, unforgettable Southern. It’s 1924 in Branchville, South Carolina and three women have come to a crossroads. For readers 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.

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