Night Bird Calling, Cathy Gohlke
Night Bird Calling, Cathy Gohlke
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Night Bird Calling

Author: Cathy Gohlke

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/05/2021


Synopsis

From award-winning author Cathy Gohlke, whose novels have been called “haunting” (Library Journal on Saving Amelie) and “page-turning” (Francine Rivers on Secrets She Kept), comes a historical fiction story of courage and transformation set in rural Appalachia on the eve of WWII.
When Lilliana Swope’s beloved mother dies, Lilliana gathers her last ounce of courage and flees her abusive husband for the home of her only living relative in the foothills of No Creek, North Carolina. Though Hyacinth Belvidere hasn’t seen Lilliana since she was five, she offers her cherished great-niece a safe harbor. Their joyful reunion inspires plans to revive Aunt Hyacinth’s estate and open a public library where everyone is welcome, no matter the color of their skin.

Slowly Lilliana finds revival and friendship in No Creek―with precocious eleven-year-old Celia Percy, with kindhearted Reverend Jesse Willard, and with Ruby Lynne Wishon, a young woman whose secrets could destroy both them and the town. When the plans for the library also incite the wrath of the Klan, the dangers of Lilliana’s past and present threaten to topple her before she’s learned to stand.

With war brewing for the nation and for her newfound community, Lilliana must overcome a hard truth voiced by her young friend Celia: Wishing comes easy. Change don’t.

About Cathy Gohlke

Cathy Gohlke is a Christy, Carol, and INSPY award-winning author who writes novels steeped with inspirational lessons from history. Her stories reveal how people break the chains that bind them and triumph over adversity through faith. When not traveling to historic sites for research, she and her husband, Dan, divide their time between northern Virginia and the Jersey Shore, enjoying time with their grown children and grandchildren. For more information, visit CathyGohlke.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanne

How does one go about writing a review for the best book they've read this year. This book is so rich and full! Overflowing with goodness during harsh circumstances and times. Taking place mostly in Appalachia during 1941 the people are used to hard times. A lot of the men run moonshine or have been loc......more

Goodreads review by Karren

When Lilliana Swope’s mother passes away, she over hears her father talking to her husband Gerald and she’s had enough. Not only did her father abuse her mother, her husband is abusive, he now wants to lock her up in an insane asylum and she flees to No Creek, North Carolina. Hyacinth Belvidere live......more

Goodreads review by Carrie

Night Bird Calling is a powerful story that will touch your heart and make you think deeply about what is most important in life. I loved the characters and the wonderful setting of No Creek, North Carolina. Cathy Gohlke always has a way of bringing her characters to life. Her writing is lyrical, an......more