We Are Called to Rise : A Novel (Hardcover)

from BookConcierge

Set in the Las Vegas where people live, rather than in the casinos filled with tourists, McBride's debut novel tells the story of four different people whose lives intersect as the result of one split-second choice. Avis is a woman whose marriage is crumbling after 29 years. Bashkim is the nine-y...

from Beamis12

The opening scene in this novel was humorous, sad but humorous as well. I could really picture this happening, it was so realistic and vivid. Than everything got serious, pretty quickly. The novel is narrated by four different characters, the youngest named Bashkim is eight. He quickly stole my h...

from creighley

Four seemingly separate families are inexplicably joined. Two Afghanistan vets, an eight year old Albanian immigrant, and a recent divorcee. What starts this is the fact that the young boy writes a letter to one of the vets. It's a remarkable story of the butterfly effect and family relationships.

from lisapeet

This left me somewhat flat. I liked the characters, and genuinely cared how things turned out for them, but the dialogue-internal monologue included-was so clunky in places it put me off. Strangely, though, only from certain character; others were given voice to realistically, and I think it was ...

from csweder

This book was recommended to me and I'm so glad that it was. It's a simply told story of four different Las Vegas families that covers the gamut of domestic violence, immigration, racism, war, post traumatic stress, death, grief, foster care, suicide, and addiction...and how it all rolls up into ...