{"product_id":"a-song-of-home-a-novel-of-the-swing-era-9780825444821","title":"A Song of Home: A Novel of the Swing Era","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Susie Finkbeiner never fails to transport her readers through time and space, welcoming us into worlds we never want to leave.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eJulie Cantrell, New York Times best-selling author of Into the Free\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePearl Spence has finally settled into a routine in Bliss, Michigan, far from her home in Red River, Oklahoma. Like all the other kids, she goes to school each day, plays in the woods, and does her chores. But there's one big difference: Mama is still gone, and doesn't seem to have a thought for the family she's left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEscaping from her worries is another part of Pearl's new routine, whether that's running to Aunt Carrie's farm, listening to the radio with Ray, or losing herself in a book. In fact, a chair in the stacks, surrounded by books, might be her favorite place on earth--until she discovers swing dancing. The music transports Pearl to a whole other world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Mama unexpectedly returns, it isn't the happy occasion Pearl had imagined. Mama is distant and Pearl can't figure out how to please her. And the horrible way she treats Daddy is more than Pearl can bear. Seems life would be better if Mama would just stay away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinkbeiner's portrayal of both tragedy and everyday life in times of great change is charged with a raw beauty that will haunt readers. Fans of inspirational fiction that tugs at your heartstrings and makes you feel as if you've finally come home will love \u003ci\u003eA Song of Home\u003c\/i\u003e and the previous Pearl Spence books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnjoy all the Pearl Spence Novels\u003cbr\u003e1.\u003cb\u003eA Cup of Dust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003cb\u003eA Trail of Crumbs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003cb\u003eA Song of Home\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nobody writes like Susie Finkbeiner, nobody. Her incomparable narrative voice pulls me in, every time.\"\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eKatherine Scott Jones, author of Her Memory of Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinkbeiner, Susie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eCBA bestselling author Susie Finkbeiner is a story junkie. \u003c\/b\u003eAlways has been and always will be. It seems it's a congenital condition. After decades of reading everything she could get her hands on (except for See the Eel, a book assigned to her while in first grade, a book she declared unfit for her book-snob eyes), Susie realized that she wanted to write stories of her own. She began with epics about horses and kittens (but never, ever eels). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn order to learn how to write novels, she read eclectically and adventurously. After reading the work of Lisa Samson, Patti Hill, and Bonnie Grove she realized that there was room for a writer like her in Christian fiction. Susie is also greatly inspired by the work of Jocelyn Green, Rachel McMillan, and Tracy Groot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer first novels, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaint Chips\u003c\/b\u003e (2013)\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eMy Mother's Chamomile \u003c\/b\u003e(2014)\u003c\/i\u003e have contemporary settings. While she loved those stories and especially the characters, Susie felt the pull toward historical fiction. When she read\u003ci\u003e Into the Free\u003c\/i\u003e by Julie Cantrell she knew she wanted to write historical stories with a side of spunk, grit, and vulnerability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Cup of Dust: A Novel of the Dust Bowl\u003c\/b\u003e (2015)\u003c\/i\u003e, Finkbeiner's bestselling historical set in 1930s Oklahoma, has been compared to the work of John Steinbeck and Harper Lee (which flatters Susie's socks off). Pearl's story continues with \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Trail of Crumbs: A Novel of the Great Depression\u003c\/b\u003e (2017)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Song of Home: A Novel of the Swing Era\u003c\/b\u003e (2018)\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSusie Finkbeiner is a stay-at-home mom \u0026amp; speaker from West Michigan. She has served as fiction editor and regular contributor to the Burnside Writers Guild and \u003ci\u003eUnbound\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Finkbeiner is an avid blogger (see www.susiefinkbeiner.com), is on the planning committee of the Breathe Christian Writers Conference, and has presented or led groups of other writers at several conferences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does she have planned after that? More stories, of course. She's a junkie. She couldn't quit if she wanted to.","brand":"Kregel Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329016598802,"sku":"9780825444821","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c68af4bf-6e25-455c-a790-a07f2a367dbf.jpg?v=1727756826","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-song-of-home-a-novel-of-the-swing-era-9780825444821","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}