Emlyn

Sing Them Home could be a depressing story, but instead I found myself smiling and laughing quite a bit as Stephanie Kallos depicts, with humor and sensitivity, life in Emlyn Springs, Nebraska, a fictional town thirty miles from Lincoln.

Sing Them Home: Summary and book reviews of Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos. 2009

Everyone in Emlyn Springs, Nebraska, knows the story of Hope Jones, the physician’s wife whose big dreams for their tiny town were lost along with her in the tornado of 1978.

Sing Them Home: Summary and book reviews of Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos. 2009

Groom William then kissed the young women (the usual mode of salutation then), Nanny Pierce and all, thanked Patience, and looked about for the goodly little malignant, as he called Emlyn, but she was nowhere to be seen, and Stead hurried him off through the wood.

Under the Storm Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Patience felt nearly distracted at the notion of Emlyn there day and night, but at that instant Goody Grace, who had been to her home in preparation for spending the night in nursing, walked in.

Under the Storm Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

"Emlyn," exclaimed Cicely at last, "in past days you were wont to be full of comfortable words; have you never a one in this extreme?" for all the while Emlyn had sat silent.

The Lady of Blossholme Henry Rider Haggard 1890

They had only just time to go through the ceremony of breaking a tester between them before a shrill call of "Emlyn" resounded down the garden.

Under the Storm Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

"Emlyn," said the Prioress again, "in the name of Jesus and on your soul, tell me true, is there witchcraft in all this business?

The Lady of Blossholme Henry Rider Haggard 1890

"Emlyn," she said in a low, thrilling voice, "do you hear me, Emlyn?

The Lady of Blossholme Henry Rider Haggard 1890

"Emlyn," said Cicely towards morning, but before the light had come, after at length she had soothed it to rest, "do you think that Mother

The Lady of Blossholme Henry Rider Haggard 1890

It is a real treat to sink into the world of Emlyn Springs, Nebraska and the characters who live there.

Reader reviews of Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos. 2009