• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Peeking Between the Pages

Peeking Between the Pages

...escape into the pages of a good book

  • HOME
  • ARCHIVES
  • PAST READS
  • REVIEW POLICY
  • ABOUT ME
  • CONTACT ME

Falling Home by Karen White (Audiobook)

March 25, 2013 by Darlene

falling

I am a huge fan of Karen White and I can’t believe it took me this long to read Falling Home but I can say that I absolutely loved it! I listened to the audio version narrated by Lyssa Browne and she does a fantastic job. Her tone and way of telling the story made me feel as though I was right there getting to know all the fine folks of Walton, Georgia. Karen White’s novels have a way of drawing me into the story from the first page and just not letting go. Falling Home is a novel that will bring laughter and tears but most of all it will remind you to treasure that which is important to you and that’s family and friends.

Cassie hasn’t spoken to her sister Harriet in fifteen years. Why you ask? Well it’s been fifteen years since her sister stole her fiance and married him herself. So at twenty years old Cassie packed up and left the only home she’d ever known in Walton, Georgia and moved herself to the big city of New York. She’s done well for herself too with a great career and a new fiance. All it takes though is one call from her sister telling her that her father is dying and Cassie knows that she has to make the trip back home to see him.

As she finds herself back in the sweltering heat of Walton and the ways of her people she can’t help but find herself being sucked back into life there. Of course there are her nieces and nephew, especially the eldest Maddie who so much like her that she has missed as well. It doesn’t hurt that her old childhood friend Sam is infuriatingly gorgeous and try as she might she can’t help but compare him to her fiance back in New York. As things heat up between them and Sam confesses his true feelings Cassie begins to reevaluate just what is important to her and what scares her the most is that it doesn’t at all point to that high powered job and gorgeous fiance of hers. Then, as events take a turn that Cassie could never have predicted, she knows that she must stay in Walton a little while longer.

This book is much more involved than what I’ve said here but to say more would ruin it for potential readers. Falling Home will take you on an emotional journey and this family will work it’s way into your heart so much so that you find yourself caring for them as if they were your own family. As always Karen’s novels are beautifully written and it is just that and her character development that manage to evoke such an emotional response from readers. You come away from this novel wanting to connect with those you love and telling them that you love them. It was an excellent book to listen to and I firmly think that it added so much more emotion for me listening to it. There is also a sequel which released recently called After the Rain and I’m listening to it now! Falling Home comes highly recommended by me as do all of Karen White’s books!

 

Source:  Audiobook purchased by me.

Share this post!
Share

Filed Under: 2013 - 100+ Books, 2013 Book Reviews, Audiobooks

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Sandy says

    March 25, 2013 at 4:34 am

    I’ve had this book on my shelf for a long time, and I’ve never gotten to it! Shame on me. I also have her Tradd Street series that I actually (gasp) bought! I’m thinking I need to have a Karen White readathon sometime soon. I do love her.

  2. Mary says

    March 25, 2013 at 4:58 am

    I really liked this one, Dar, so I’m glad to see you did as well. I think I’ll try to get the sequel in audio since you liked listening to Falling Home.

  3. Diane@BibliophilebytheSea says

    March 25, 2013 at 5:20 am

    This sounds so good; glad u enjoyed it Dar.

  4. bermudaonion(Kathy) says

    March 25, 2013 at 6:06 am

    Wow, it would be hard to forgive your sister for stealing your fiance. This sounds great!

  5. Sheila (Book Journey) says

    March 25, 2013 at 6:24 am

    This sounds really good – I am looking for more audio!

  6. wall-to-wall books-wendy says

    March 25, 2013 at 6:56 am

    Ahhhh this book is on my wish list!
    Hmmm I know I have read a book by her… Oh you know what, I haven’t read any by her! I just have about half her books on my wish list! LOL
    It might be about time to try one.

  7. Serena says

    March 25, 2013 at 10:21 am

    This one is on my to-read list after I read After the Rain.

  8. Nise' says

    March 25, 2013 at 1:18 pm

    I love Karen White!

  9. Maxie Anderson says

    March 25, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    I’ve never had an audio book, but this one sounds like such a good story, going to try for it. Please put my name in the drawing. Maxie mac262(at)me(dot)com

  10. blodeuedd says

    March 25, 2013 at 1:56 pm

    Sounds like something I could enjoy

  11. zibilee says

    March 25, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    I have only read one of Karen White’s books, but I have met her and spent time with her. She is the epitome of Southern Grace, and is a very beautiful person, inside and out. I would love to read this one, and see what I think about it. Very well crafted and elegant review today!

  12. Ti says

    March 25, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    The one book I read by her, was not a fave of mine so I haven’t pick up any others as of yet. I think I just picked the wrong one.

  13. Mystica says

    March 25, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    This has to get on to my list.

  14. susan says

    March 25, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    hmm. Judging from your review, guess I need to read Karen White. thanks. cheers. http://www.thecuecard.com/

  15. Anna (Diary of an Eccentric) says

    March 25, 2013 at 7:38 pm

    I really enjoyed this one, and I’m glad to see you did, too. I really need to make time to read After the Rain, since I’ve heard so many good things about it.

  16. Alexis @ Reflections of a Bookaholic says

    March 26, 2013 at 12:15 am

    I like the sound of this one. Thanks for introducing it to me.

  17. Anne Clark says

    March 29, 2013 at 11:32 am

    Would love to win!!

Primary Sidebar

Follow Me!

 

Enter your email address to get my latest reviews sent to your inbox!

Recently Shared

  • These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall (Audiobook)
  • The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda (Audiobook)
  • All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers (Audiobook)
  • Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton (Audiobook)
  • Upgrade by Blake Crouch (Audiobook)

Archives

Categories

Currently Reading

Orhan's Inheritance
Dear Carolina
The Mapmaker's Children
   

My Reading Pal Sammy

Remembering Buddy

Buddy
• May 25, 2002 - Oct 22, 2010 •
Forever in my heart