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.
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