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Description edit
Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler is a soaring debut interweaving the story of a heartbreaking, forbidden love in 1930s Kentucky with an unlikely modern-day friendship. Eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle McAllister has a favor to ask her hairdresser Dorrie Curtis. It's a big one. Isabelle wants... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Isabelle McAllister: 89 years old.
- Dorrie Mae Curtis: Hairdresser, black, mid 30's, single mom. She has been Miss Isabelle's hairdresser for 10 years. She drives her to the funeral in Cincinnati.
- Robert J. Prewitt: Add a description of this character.
- Cora Prewitt: The housekeeper for the Curtis family. Mother of Robert and Nell.
- Nell Prewitt: A housekeeper for the Curtis family. She is close in age to Isabelle and they felt like sisters growing up.
- Teague: Dorrie's boyfriend. Single dad of three children.
- Bebe Curtis: Dorrie's daughter
- Stevie Curtis: Dorrie's 17 year old son.
- Pearl Prewitt
- Dr. McAllister: Isabelle's father. A good and decent man who loves his daughter, but won't stand up to his wife or sons.
- Patrick McAllister
- Dane
- Danny Lemke
- Doc McAllister
- Sissy Jones
- Aunt Bertie
- Sallie Ames
- Mr. Miller
- Stevie Junior
- Hattie Pearce
- Miss Liz
- Mr. Jack
- Mr. Thomas Dorsey
- Reverend Day
- Mr. Night Manager
- Mother
- Louie
- Mrs. Curry
- Mrs. Gray
- Earline
- Felicia
- Sarah Day
- Charlotte
- Gerald
- Kevin
- Max
- Trudie
- Susan Willis
- Mr. Bartel
- Bailey
- Big Jim
- Steve
- Rosemary Clincke
- Brother James
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
I acted hateful to Dorrie the first time we met, a decade or so ago.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Julie Kibler (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: February 12, 2013
ISBN: 1250014522
Page Count: 336
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: February 12, 2013
ISBN: 1250014522
Page Count: 336
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