Sing Them Home (Audiobook)

from jaharnick

This is not a book I would typically pick up on my own. I don't particularly care for family sagas, I have enough drama in my own family, thank you very much. That being said, although it took me a while to get into it, I didn't mind this one too much (I know, I know, not a ringing endorsement, b...

from smallwonder56

Stephanie Kallos writes characters so well that you want to know them, despite their foibles and flaws. The story of a family over the course of time, the book give you an insight into the effects of tragedies (of various kinds) on the individuals involved. The ending was fairly predictable but i...

from LynnB

Sing Them Home tells the story of the Jones family. Siblings Larken, Gaelen and Bonnie lost their mother to a tornado when they were young. The novel begins when the children are grown, and their father has just died. It chronicles their lives, and the life of the small town populatd largely by W...

from sonyau

The omniscient narrator voice annoyed me at first, but as I went on, the book's odd format grew on me, rounding the novel out into a fully-formed, rich world of characters. Was not crazy about the way things wrap up, but the journey was worthy of my time.

from countrylife

I enjoyed this book, largely because the setting is Nebraska, a state I called home for many years. If you've ever driven through Nebraska (it seems that people who say they've been to Nebraska usually mean that they've driven through it - in one side and out the other, driving the interstate on ...