Bøker av Julie Kibler

89 år gamle Isabelle ber sin unge frisør Dorrie om en tjeneste. En stor tjeneste. Isabelle vil at Dorrie skal legge alt til side og kjøre henne fra Texas til en begravelse i Cincinnati. Det er en lang reise, men Isabelle gir ingen nærmere forklaring. Bare at de må dra neste dag.Dorrie er svart og enslig mor i 30-årene. Hun sliter med forholdet til en ny kjæreste og tenåringssønnen byr stadig på utfordringer. Hvorfor ønsker Isabelle å ha henne med på turen? Til tross for at hun ikke får vite noe mer, bestemmer Dorrie seg for å bli med.I løpet av den lange reisen avdekker Isabelle sannheten om sin fortid. Kanskje kan historien om hennes første og største kjærlighet hjelpe Dorrie til å finne ut av sitt eget liv.

A moving love story inspired by a true story and perfect for fans of The Help In a time of hate, would you stand up for love? Shalerville, Kentucky, 1939. A world where black maids and handymen are trusted to raise white children and tend to white houses, but from which they are banished after dark. Sixteen-year-old Isabelle McAllister, born into wealth and privilege, finds her ordered life turned upside down when she becomes attracted to Robert, the ambitious black son of her family's housekeeper. Before long Isabelle and Robert are crossing extraordinary, dangerous boundaries and falling deeply in love. Many years later, eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle will travel from her home in Arlington, Texas, to Ohio for a funeral. With Isabelle is her hairstylist and friend, Dorrie Curtis - a black single mother with her own problems. Along the way, Isabelle will finally reveal to Dorrie the truth of her painful past: a tale of forbidden love, the consequences of which will resound for decades . . . 'If Julie Kibler's novel Calling Me Home were a young woman, her grandmother would be To Kill a Mockingbird, her sister would be The Help and her cousin would be The Notebook. But even with such iconic relatives, Calling Me Home stands on her own' Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling author of A Land More Kind Than Home 'Julie Kibler's writing is so wise and assured. I laughed out loud in places and had tears in my eyes as I turned the last page' Diane Chamberlain 'If you liked The Help by Kathryn Stockett, you'll absolutely love Calling Me Home' Red magazine