Isabelle, a 90yearold white woman from kentucky, asks dorrie, a 40something black woman from texas, to bring her from where they live, arlington, texas, up to cincinnati, ohio. Book club home page city of homer alaska official website. Calling me home author among others to speak at kentucky. Here are some conversation starters and some basic information about me and the book.
Book club discussion for calling me home by julie kibler is happening now. Calling me home book columbus metropolitan library. Calling me home book the indianapolis public library. I wont spoil the book by going on and on about it for 2 reasons 1. Calling me home tells two stories, that of isabelle mcallister and of dorrie curtis. Our newest books of the month are here, and you wont want to miss them. In one sentence, how would you describe calling me home. Join the leading website for book clubs with over 35,000 clubs and 20,000 reading guides. Litcourse 3 has a good discussion of close reading. Club wyndham vip members have access to special lastminute deals and shortterm discounts throughout the year with vip now.
For an avid reader, little can match the thrill of a character pulling you into her world the second she arrives on the page as isabelle does in the opening page of calling me home. Calling me home target club pick jan 2014 paperback. Im always delighted to learn a book club has selected home for erring and outcast girls or calling me home. Book club night 3 call me by your name posted in book club, lgbt, sarah by thelittlecontemporarycorner for our second book club read, we chose call me by your name by andre aciman a slightly controversial book that has hit the media. Calling me home audiobook cd austin public library. Club wyndham timeshare to help you to live your bucket list.
Calling me home book ottawa public library bibliocommons. They tell me of a home by daniel black reading guidebook. My book club read this book and out of nine women from all walks of life, none of us like it some actually. Calling me home is perfect for book clubs and especially ones made up of women. Describe the main characters personality traits, motivations, and inner qualities. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy.
It would be an honor if you and your book club selected unflappable to read and discuss. This is typical wording on a sign at the edge of what was called a sundown town, which gained its name because these towns required people of color to leave their perimeters not surprisingly by sundown. Calling me home has been compared to titles with similar themes and described by wiley cash, author, as a young woman whose grandmother would be to kill a mockingbird, sister the help and cousin the notebook. The first section contains the first two chapters of calling me home. Calling me home by julie kibler is a soaring debut interweaving the story of a heartbreaking, forbidden love in 1930s kentucky with an unlikely modernday friendship eightynineyearold isabelle mcallister has a favor to ask her hairdresser, dorrie curtis. Wyndham has not only allowed us to discover places we never would have found on our own, but has also increased the quality of our family vacations. The entire novel alternates chapters between modern day and 1939 through the early 1940s, but the first two chapters introduce dorrie curtis and isabelle mcallister as the main characters in modern day. Calling me home julie kibler 9781250014528 netgalley. Take notes or mark passages that strike youpassages you find significant, funny, or insightful. But overall i didnt like it and only gave it three stars for the very last page which did kind of make me shed a tear. Jonathan burnham, the senior vice president and publisher of harpercollins, has been in a childrens literature book club for the. Calling me home by julie kibler is a soaring debut interweaving the story of a heartbreaking, forbidden love in 1930s kentucky with an unlikely modernday friendship eightynineyearold isabelle mcallister has a favor to ask her hairdresser dorrie curtis. Isabelle wants dorrie, a black single mom in her thirties, to drop everything to drive her from her home in arlington. This is a literary analysis technique called close reading.
Use specific passages from the book as evidence for your ideas. Over the years, dorrie and isabelle have developed more. She answered our questions honestly and gave us some great insight into her story. Everything you need to know about calling me home movie. Calling me home by julie kibler is a soaring debut interweaving the story of a heartbreaking, forbidden love in 1930s kentucky with an unlikely modernday friendship. Ive already posted the first set of questionsthoughts and will continue to update all week. Whats the story set in present day and the 1930s, 89yearold woman isabelle mcallister enlists her hairdresser, a black single mother named dorrie curtis, to help drive her from her home in arlington, texas, to a funeral in cincinnati. Its a historical fiction read that deals with interracial marriage, civil rights, parenting and womens rights. Calling me home was a hard read for me, but so wellwritten that i could barely put the book down. I acted hateful to dorrie the first time we met, a decade or so ago. I am going to point out 10 serious problems with jesus calling in the hope that you will consider and heed these warnings 1. Watch our latest book club video where magics angie graves chats to author julie kibler about her book calling me home which tells the.
Kits are checked out to one library cardholder representing the book club and can be requested through the online catalog or by calling 734 3274200. To ask other readers questions about calling me home, please sign up. Its a journey that changes both their lives, as she learns isabelles tale of a forbidden relationship and its tragic consequences a tale that just might help dorrie find. Julie kiblers debut novel, calling me home, holds a special place in my heart.
Far and away the most troubling aspect of the book is its very premisethat sarah young hears from jesus and then dutifully brings his messages to her readers. Each kit circulates for six weeks and may be renewed if there are no outstanding requests. Book club discussion for calling me home she reads. Calling me home is a beautiful story that successfully deals with many topics.
Julie kibler, author of the bestselling novel calling me home, will deliver the keynote address at the ninth annual kentucky womens book festival at the university of louisville. Barbara delinsky, new york times bestselling author of escape and not my daughter book club recommendations recommended to book clubs by 0 of 0 members. A public space is an independent, nonprofit publisher of the awardwinning literary and arts magazine. The sites mashable book club started out as an informal, internal group that met at its offices in the flatiron district, but after members began to write about it online, followers asked if. This hit song reportedly sold more than two million disks in various versions in the late 1920s. Reading guide for calling me home by julie kibler discussion guide for book clubs. I wasnt able to find a readers guide, but i have no doubt. But mostly its about forbidden love and a friendship that, sadly, society still doesnt wholeheartedly support. Find over 4306 reading groups with 1537412 members near you and meet people in your local community who share your interests. If you were a fan of calling me home dont miss out.
From east texas to cincinnati, from presentday racism to 1930s segregation, isabelle and dorrie travel together, a most unlikely pair of companions, and their stories unfold. I knew that the societal norms of the historical setting and selfrighteousness of the narrowminded were bound to cause a simmering rage, as well extreme sadness. This is my way of saying thank you for choosing my book. At sundown when love is calling me home is a foxtrot style song written by walter donaldson. For many, a book club is an oasis in an otherwise hectic life. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Eightynineyearold isabelle mcallister has a favor to ask her hairdresser dorrie curtis. Julie kibler has written an original and moving debut novel that will linger with you for a long, long time. Calling me home is a story about love in its many incarnationsin romance, friendships, and families. When i wrote my first novel, calling me home, i had no idea how excited book clubs would be about reading and discussing the story, or how many clubs id be. Kibler illuminates racial tensions many of us dont realize still exist in this country, and shows how small acts of faith can make big inroads to acceptance. Normally i ask readers to send a sase, but for book groups i will happily send enough for each member of the group and cover the postage myself. Since 2006, under the direction of founding editor brigid hughes the mission of a public space has been to seek out and support overlooked and unclassifiable work. Not because its good it is, though, but because it was the first she reads book chosen after i became the she reads twitter chat and online discussion leader.
Only at target, find the january, 2014, club pick calling me home. Reading guide for calling me home by julie kibler bookbrowse. Founded by reese witherspoon, were a media brand anchored in storytelling, creating and discovering content that celebrates women and puts them at the center of the story. Eightynineyearold isabelle mcallister has a favor to ask her hairdresser, dorrie curtis. Calling me home was one of the best books ive read this year and definitely one of the best books ive ever. From an extraordinary new voice in fiction comes a haunting, powerful novel about mothers and daughters, choice and regret, the mistakes we make and the ones we hope we can correct before its too late. Book group discussion questions catherine ryan hyde. Calling me home was a beautiful, emotionally charged, allconsuming story of love and loss. Calling me home by julie kibler discussion questions. Erwin is an iconoclast, artist, and cultural thought leader known for his integration of creativity and spirituality. Isabelle wants dorrie, a black single mother in her thirties, to drop everything and drive her from her home in arlington, texas, to a funeral in cincinnatiwith no clear explanation whytomorrow.
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