Calling me home
A debut novel interweaving the story of a heartbreaking, forbidden love in 1930s Kentucky with an unlikely modern-day friendship.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | A debut novel interweaving the story of a heartbreaking, forbidden love in 1930s Kentucky with an unlikely modern-day friendship. Eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle McAllister has a favor to ask her hairdresser Dorrie Curtis: drop everything and drive from Arlington, Texas, to a funeral in Cincinnati. Tomorrow. Dorrie, fleeing problems of her own, agrees. It's a journey that changes both their lives, as she learns Isabelle's tale of a forbidden relationship and its tragic consequences-- a tale that just might help Dorrie find her own way. |
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| Item Description: | "A novel"--Jacket. |
| Physical Description: | 325 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781250014528 (hbk.) 1250014522 (hbk.) 9781250014535 (ebk.) 1250014530 (ebk.) |
| Author Notes: | Julie Kibler grew up in several towns in Kentucky, New Mexico, and Colorado. She later moved to Texas to attend college. Aside from writing she also works as a freelance editor. Her book title's include "Home for Erring and Outcast Girls" and "Calling Me Home". (Bowker Author Biography) |
