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Call your daughter home
2019
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DEBUT Three women from different backgrounds struggle to survive in 1924 South Carolina. Boll weevils obliterated the cotton crops, causing the South's economic devastation. Gertrude Pardee suffers through each day in the swamp, trying to evade her drunk husband's fists while scrounging up what little food there is to keep her four girls alive. Spiritually gifted Retta Bootles manages everything domestic on the plantation where her enslaved ancestors lived. Times are different, but she must still maintain a balance with members of the household. Annie Coles is the matriarch of the plantation who dreams of her family being whole again. After the suicide of her 12-year-old son, she kept sane by opening the Sewing Circle, a business that employs local women desperate for jobs. These women find they have much in common. When the decades-old Coles family secret is finally discovered, Gertrude, Retta, and Annie will risk everything to keep their children safe. VERDICT Lovers of historical Southern fiction and gritty female characters will feel as if they are living in the desperation of these families, then rallying behind these courageous women as they fight for justice. [See Prepub Alert, 12/3/18.]--K.L. Romo, Duncanville, TX
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