Chasing Down a Dream

Name: Chasing Down a Dream
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Beverly Jenkins
ISBN: 9781501964053

Author: Beverly Jenkins

Series: Blessings #8

Narrator: Lynnette R. Freeman

Unabridged: 10 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/04/2017

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins continues her beloved Blessings series with a heartwarming novel about what really makes a family There's never a dull day in Henry Adams, Kansas. Tamar July has never had a great relationship with certain members of her family. In fact, she'd characterize it as a "hate/hate relationship." But when her cousin calls her with the news that she's dying and wants Tamar to plan the funeral, she's shocked but is willing to drop everything for her. After a horrendous storm, Gemma finds a young boy and his little sister walking on the side of the road. She takes them in, and quickly falls in love with the orphaned siblings. But when Gemma contacts Social Services to try to become their foster mother, she's told a white woman cannot foster African-American children. In the midst of these trials, Jack and Rocky are trying to plan their wedding. The entire town comes together to lend a helping hand. Though the residents of Henry Adams face seemingly insurmountable obstacles, each of them will discover that family comes in many forms, especially during the most trying of times.

About Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins is the recipient of the 2017 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for historical romance. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature and was featured in the documentary Love between the Covers and on CBS Sunday Morning. Since the publication of Night Song in 1994, she has been leading the charge for multicultural romance and has been a constant darling of reviewers, fans, and her peers alike, garnering accolades for her work from the Wall Street Journal, People magazine, and NPR.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale on November 14, 2023

Three and a half stars. I picked this up because I was interested in the story of a white woman trying to foster two black children and the issues associated with that. What I got was so much more as this is book 8 in a series about the town of Henry Adams. Since I had not read the earlier books it......more

Goodreads review by Eilonwy on August 30, 2017

I'm not sure how to summarize this book, since it's the 8th in an-going series ("Blessings"). I grabbed it because I'd been meaning to try a Beverly Jenkins book for a while now, and this was prominently displayed on the New Books shelf during my last library visit. I thought it might be a fun, easy......more

Goodreads review by Patti on May 27, 2017

Another terrific entry in a terrific series! The town of Henry Adams is experiencing some growing pains, and there's some fence painting to do, yet almost everything happens with a lot of love. Highly recommended!......more

Goodreads review by Clare on January 10, 2018

I had not read any earlier books in the Blessings series, so if you have you may give this one a better rating. The small Kansas town featured was apparently bought on eBay by the current lady mayor. I don't know any more about that. I think a couple of recap pages before the start would be a good i......more

Goodreads review by Katie on July 05, 2017

Fabulous!!! The problem with this book is that it ends! Can't wait for the next one. Jenkins addresses every day problems, infuses her stories with Black and Native American history, and wraps it all in a heartwarming story. A very good read.......more