What would you sacrifice to hold your own child in your arms?
From Jenni Ogden, author of 2016 Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction, Large Publisher, and author of best-selling novel, A Drop in the Ocean, comes a powerful story that explores motherhood, grief, and forgiveness; the heartstrings that bind friends and family; and the search for a place to call home.
Her mother dead from a drug overdose, thirteen-year-old Olivia is rescued by Cathie Tulloch, her mother’s friend throughout the years they were held captive in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra in WWII. Welcomed into the Tulloch’s remote family home in the Australian tropics, introverted Olivia is claimed by dramatic, generous, controlling Cassandra Tulloch as her sister and best friend. Moving to the UK at 18, Olivia finds her independence — and partner Ben. But in 1970, after five years away, she is homesick, and ready to fulfill her long-held dream: to make a family of her own. In Brisbane she and Ben share a hippie lifestyle with Cassandra and husband, Sebastian. But while earth-mother Cassandra effortlessly produces beautiful babies, for Olivia, becoming a mother is hard. Even harder is discovering the truth about her own mother. And when the unimaginable happens, destroying the friendship with Cassandra that has been her bedrock for so long, Olivia tells herself that she doesn’t deserve a family, nor a place to call home.
Editorial Reviews
Call My Name felt so intense and raw that I choked up a few times while reading it… unique …brings out the true essence of friendship… describes in vivid detail what it means to be a mother, to lose and grieve for a family member, and to have someone by your side when life gets too hard to bear. Powerful and inspirational.”
—EMMA MEGAN, Readers Favorite, 5 Star Review
“Have you ever read a fictional tale that felt like a memoir? Call My Name made the elite list. …realistic, pulled at my heartstrings… unforgettable characters…explored loyalty, friendship, selflessness, manipulation, selfishness, courage, grief, love, and more. A masterpiece.”
—JENNIFER IBIAM, — Readers Favorite, 5 Star Review
Genre: Literary Fiction
From Jenni Ogden, author of 2016 Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction, Large Publisher, and author of best-selling novel, A Drop in the Ocean, comes a powerful story that explores motherhood, grief, and forgiveness; the heartstrings that bind friends and family; and the search for a place to call home.
Her mother dead from a drug overdose, thirteen-year-old Olivia is rescued by Cathie Tulloch, her mother’s friend throughout the years they were held captive in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra in WWII. Welcomed into the Tulloch’s remote family home in the Australian tropics, introverted Olivia is claimed by dramatic, generous, controlling Cassandra Tulloch as her sister and best friend. Moving to the UK at 18, Olivia finds her independence — and partner Ben. But in 1970, after five years away, she is homesick, and ready to fulfill her long-held dream: to make a family of her own. In Brisbane she and Ben share a hippie lifestyle with Cassandra and husband, Sebastian. But while earth-mother Cassandra effortlessly produces beautiful babies, for Olivia, becoming a mother is hard. Even harder is discovering the truth about her own mother. And when the unimaginable happens, destroying the friendship with Cassandra that has been her bedrock for so long, Olivia tells herself that she doesn’t deserve a family, nor a place to call home.
Editorial Reviews
Call My Name felt so intense and raw that I choked up a few times while reading it… unique …brings out the true essence of friendship… describes in vivid detail what it means to be a mother, to lose and grieve for a family member, and to have someone by your side when life gets too hard to bear. Powerful and inspirational.”
—EMMA MEGAN, Readers Favorite, 5 Star Review
“Have you ever read a fictional tale that felt like a memoir? Call My Name made the elite list. …realistic, pulled at my heartstrings… unforgettable characters…explored loyalty, friendship, selflessness, manipulation, selfishness, courage, grief, love, and more. A masterpiece.”
—JENNIFER IBIAM, — Readers Favorite, 5 Star Review
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"Jenni Ogden's done it again -- given us a beautifully crafted novel filled with the complexities, mysteries and joys of human connection within a family and between sisters, lovers and friends. Filled with authenticity, compassion and grace, Call My Name will find its way deep into your heart and soul, and stay with you long after the last page has been turned." - Sally Cole-Misch
"An emotionally piercing and absorbing account of turbulent female friendship over time, Call My Name is also a keen meditation on the powerful pull of connection and belonging - the places and people that shape and change us, forever calling us home." - Paula McLain
"This is a love story ... of couples, of friends, of families. A page turning saga that is fresh in its story, yet provides the warmth of an old-fashioned classic." - Romalyn Tilghman
"Vivid setting, dynamic plot, and likable characters come together beautifully to deliver an emotionally compelling tale of friendship, love, loss, and forgiveness. Call My Name is a fantastic read." - Jodi Wright
"An emotionally piercing and absorbing account of turbulent female friendship over time, Call My Name is also a keen meditation on the powerful pull of connection and belonging - the places and people that shape and change us, forever calling us home." - Paula McLain
"This is a love story ... of couples, of friends, of families. A page turning saga that is fresh in its story, yet provides the warmth of an old-fashioned classic." - Romalyn Tilghman
"Vivid setting, dynamic plot, and likable characters come together beautifully to deliver an emotionally compelling tale of friendship, love, loss, and forgiveness. Call My Name is a fantastic read." - Jodi Wright
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