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A stunning tour de force following three fierce, unforgettable Southern women in the years leading up to the Great DepressionIt's 1924 South Carolina and the region is still recovering from the infamous boll weevil infestation that devastated the land and the economy. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters from starvation or die at the hands of an abusive husband. Retta is navigating a harsh world as a first-generation freed slave, still employed by the Coles, influential plantation proprietors who once owned her family. Annie is the matriarch of the Coles family and must come to terms with the terrible truth that has ripped her family apart.These three women seemingly have nothing in common, yet as they unite to stand up to the terrible injustices that have long plagued the small town, they find strength in the bond that ties women together. Told in the pitch-perfect voices of Gertrude, Retta and Annie, Call Your Daughter Home is an audacious, timeless story about the power of family, deep-buried secrets and the ferocity of motherhood.
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Deb Spera has been published in Garden and Gun, O Magazine, Six-fold The Wascana Review, Pennsylvania English, and L.A. Yoga Journal. She is a two-time finalist for The Kirkwood Literary Prize through UCLA writers program, as well as a finalist for The Montana Prize in fiction. She completed a residency at Hedgebrook, a writer's retreat for women. Call Your Daughter Home is her first novel.By day, she is a television producer and owns her own company, One-Two Punch Productions. She has developed and executive produced over a thousand hours of television Some credits include, Criminal Minds, Army Wives, and Reaper. A native of Kentucky, Deb currently resides in Los Angeles. Her website is debspera.com, twitter is @debspera and instagram is debspera.
