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Howard
April 2014
On Sale: April 1, 2014
Featuring: Rose Sorensen; Theo Chastain; Sophy Sorensen
336 pages
ISBN: 1476705488
EAN: 9781476705484
Kindle: B00DPM7XTG
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Inspirational Historical
When a good church girl starts singing in a jazz club and falls for the music
—as well as a handsome African American man—she struggles to reconcile her
childhood faith with her newfound passions.
Raised in the Danish Baptist Church, Rose Sorensen knows it’s wrong to sing
worldly songs. But Rose still yearns for those she hears on the radio—“Cheek to
Cheek,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”—and sings them when no one is around.
One day, Rose’s cousin takes her to Calliope’s, a jazz club, where she discovers
an exciting world she never knew existed. Here, blacks and whites mingle,
brought together by their shared love of music. And though Rose worries it’s
wrong—her parents already have a stable husband in mind for her—she can’t stop
thinking about the African American pianist of the Chess Men, Theo Chastain.
When Rose returns to the jazz club, she is offered the role of singer for the
Chess Men. The job would provide money to care for her sister, Sophy, who has
cerebral palsy—but at what cost?
As Rose gets to know Theo, their fledgling relationship faces prejudices she
never imagined. And as she struggles to balance the dream world of Calliope’s
with her cold, hard reality, she also wrestles with God’s call for her life. Can
she be a jazz singer? Or will her faith suffer because of her worldly ways?
Set in Depression-era Chicago and rich in historical detail, Sing for Me is a
beautiful, evocative story about finding real, unflinching love and embracing—at
all costs—your calling.
Comments
15 comments posted.
Re: Sing for Me
I was captivated with your beautiful post today and the
emotional tribute to your dad and his stories and singing.
It resonated with me since my parents were raised during
the Depression and strived to succeed in life. My father
used to listen to opera every Saturday afternoon on the
stereo and was self educated and sang beautifully. I
listened to the records and his songs which were Mario
Lanza's, Caruso's and Jan Pierce. Your books sounds unique
and interest me greatly. Wishing you happiness and success.
I have many family stories which would be enthralling to
read about.
(Sharon Berger 1:36pm September 18, 2015)
Perhaps the near miss events around my life. Train
derailment evacuation, tornoda the hit the town I live, a
serial killer around DC/MD/VA, of course 9/11.
(Marissa Yip-Young 5:20pm September 18, 2015)
What a great looking story!! I cannot wait to read it!!!
(Shirley Bennett 8:49pm September 18, 2015)
To be told stories of your Parents childhood are priceless
memories, that help tell you a bit of who you really are. Your
story was quite interesting!! My Parents were also children of
the Depression Era. My Grandfather was injured while working
in the factory, and since Workman's Comp didn't exist during
that time, and my Father was one of a family of 13, he had to
drop out of school at 9, and find work. He started out by
finding rags and scrap metal in the alleys, which were quite a
commodity in those days. Not long after that, he got a job in
a bakery, around the corner from their house. Before he turned
13, he was driving a bakery truck, and was already baking
bread!! After he grew up and got married, he would take us
there when we went to visit our Grandparents, so we could buy
our rye bread, and other items. My Sisters and I always got a
big cookie from the owner. It was nice going in the Winter,
because my Sisters and I would fight over who would hold the
hot bread on our lap for the ride home, just to stay warm. As
you know, heaters didn't work well in the cars back then!! The
smell of that bread made your mouth water, too!! I'm looking
forward to reading your latest book. It's going to be like
reading a flashback in time, even if I didn't grow up in the
Depression era. I was raised that way!!
(Peggy Roberson 8:40pm September 19, 2015)
Oh my goodness Karen, what a beautiful story. Yes, I do have a family story that I feel should be in a book. Especially, my Grandmother's story she was raised in a Residential school, stuck to her faith, and stuck to her family.
(Holly Loch 2:47am September 20, 2015)
I come from a family of 13
children.All born at home. Most
delivered by my father.They never
lost a child even though they went
tathrough the depression and the
ression. They never complained
and they loved us all. There are alot
of stories in this family!
(Debby Creager 8:12am September 20, 2015)
I love these stories - as a child I would ask my grandmother (my mother's mother) time and time again "Grandmom tell me again about how you met grandpop" - "Grandmom, tell me again about how your father chased you through his store because you wouldn't come inside". My mom talks about her father playing mandolin on the Italian-language radio programs and the visitors to their house when she was young. We have stories for several books, I think!
(Felicia Ciaudelli 8:13am September 20, 2015)
Yes, I too have a story that could be a book . Seems like most of us could. I'd love to read this book .Thanks for this chance to win .
(Joan Thrasher 9:00am September 20, 2015)
Sounds like a cool story in a cool city!
(Richard Burr 10:07am September 20, 2015)
I cannot think of anything interesting in my life (so far)
that would make agreat reading
(Timothy Younger 8:28pm September 20, 2015)
love these tales of old days too
(Debbi Shaw 10:34pm September 20, 2015)
I loved your comments today - and your book sounds great. I LOVE hearing stories of family history/lore. I have delved a little into our family history but, unfortunately, don't have the gift to create and spin those tales into a book. That is a true talent. Thanks for sharing yours with us.
(Nancy Reynolds 10:05am September 21, 2015)
I love hearing family stories---sadly, our family was very
secretive and didn't tell many stories about itself.
(Sue Farrell 10:38am September 21, 2015)
My grandparents journey to this country would be an interesting story.
(Nadine Stacy 6:34pm September 21, 2015)
I've got a million stories to tell, but this little comment square is quite small to tell them all.
(Faye Gates 7:27pm September 21, 2015)
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