Down to Earth Story of Family – My Book Review

Down to Earth Story of Family  – My Book Review  

“Though some would have called her a lark, she preferred to think of herself as a raven, coming off the nest early, soaring, watching the rest of her world come alive as the sun climbed.”

Welcome to my 130^th book review for Lone Star Blog Tours.  What a book to commemorate this achievement with. Texas Author, Teddy Jones, continues the stories of the Jackson family living in the fictitious town of Jackson’s Pond. Set around actual Floydada, Texas the sense of place is crafted quite well by the author, including the wind turbine sentinels that now line the skies of the county.

While the story could have been written for any decade before the 1960s, this story is set in the late-2000s. Race, white supremacy, the Klan are all a part of this story. Jones handles the often-disturbing storyline with finesse and humbleness. Yet, this story is sooooooo much more.

The story is written around the Jackson family and their lives. Making It Home took me as a reader into the world of this family of women helping other women in need. They took personal risks to do what was right to save one woman and help another. Often doing what’s right is the biggest challenge of the lives we live and Jones did an exceptional job with this part of the story line.

 You get know each of the characters in rich, solid, succinct writing. Exceptionally, well-written Making It Home is a book that you can read on a lazy afternoon and get swept away in a story that may touch your soul just for a bit. I really hope this is not the end of the series. I loved the ending family tree showing the connections of the Jackson family.

If you love down to earth stories that will take you away from your everyday life, then checkout this series by Teddy. Her writing is true Texas. This story is down to earth a story about family – a family that you will start to care about from beginning to end.