![]() ![]() ![]() Kayla and Ellie are likeable and easy to root for, and it was satisfying to see how their lives intertwined at the end.Īs for the inclusion of the SCOPE project as a central plot point, I'm happy this aspect of American history has been brought to my attention. ![]() Typically dual-timeline narratives have one treasure and one turd, but I found both women’s stories equally compelling. The goal was to recruit white college students to help prepare Black Americans for voting and to maintain pressure on Congress to pass what became the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Summer Community Organization and Political Education project was a voter registration civil rights initiative conducted in six southern states. The contemporary story features a young grieving widow, Kayla, piecing together a new life for herself and her daughter, and the historical story focuses on a 20-year-old white woman, Ellie, in 1965 who goes against her family’s wishes to dedicate her time to SCOPE. In true Chamberlain fashion, The Last House on the Street is a dual-timeline narrative set in North Carolina. I just NEEDED it to be so good that I was scared to read it.įortunately, it is good. I set it aside and read dozens of others ahead of it. I did that with her latest, The Last House on the Street, but then a weird thing happened. When I get my hands on one of her books, I spin around in circles like Snoopy doing a happy dance. Her storytelling has the power to sweep me away, completely. ![]()
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