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. It’s 1924 in Branchville, South Carolina and three women have come to a crossroads. 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. Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera (Goodreads Author) 4.25 Rating details 31,643 ratings 3,505 reviews This extraordinary historical debut novel follows three fierce Southern women in an unforgettable story of motherhood and womanhood. 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 Audible Audiobook Unabridged Deb Spera (Author), Robin Miles (Narrator), & 3 more 7,849 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Call Your Daughter Home succeeds in painting an atmospheric portrait of the pre-Depression South, peopling the bleak, ravaged landscape with an almost dizzying array of characters. 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. 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.

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