Chasing Down a Dream
Written by Beverly Jenkins
Narrated by Lynnette Freeman
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Beverly Jenkins
Beverly Jenkins is the recipient of the 2018 Michigan Author Award by the Michigan Library Association, the 2017 Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for historical romance. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature, was featured in both the documentary Love Between the Covers and on CBS Sunday Morning. Since the publication of Night Song in 1994, she has been leading the charge for inclusive romance, and has been a constant darling of reviewers, fans, and her peers alike, garnering accolades for her work from the likes of The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, and NPR. To read more about Beverly, visit her at www.BeverlyJenkins.net.
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Reviews for Chasing Down a Dream
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Snake oil! I’m done with Mal! …. Great book! I love love Beverly Jenkins. Woman knows life. Give dignity to our past ! Thank you Beverly. ???????
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Every story Ms. Beverly's books gives us are so true and beautiful and straight to our heart with so much ♥.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I absolutely adore Ms. Jenkins' work! She's my favorite author.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Two children who had lost their parents in a car accident had been separated in the foster system until a fraternity brother (uncle) of the father accepts responsibility and is taking them home to California. But bad things are still in store for the kids because the uncle is killed during a tornado and the kids are stranded in the middle of nowhere. Luck does take a bit of a turn when Gemma, a grandmother raising her grandson after her daughter was killed in Afghanistan, finds the kids on the side of the road and takes them to Henry Adams in Kansas. Henry Adams is a small town that has welcomed children from the foster system all over the country and the citizens take the kids to their hearts. Sadly, luck turns again for the kids when an unknown aunt is found and takes custody of the kids for the sole purpose of spending their inheritance.The story, as usual with all those involving Henry Adams, was heart-warming. However, this wasn't one of my favorites in the series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A story of a brother and sister that encounter unbelievable bad luck after the death of their parents in a traffic accident. First no relatives wants to have them live with them and when a fraternity brother of their father steps up and is willing to take them to California to live with him and his wife the trio is involved in a tornado in Kansas. The "uncle" is killed and his wife no longer wants the responsibility. A passerby takes them to a small town and is willing to foster them but when the town buyer searches for information about an estate suddenly a great-aunt steps up and agrees to have them live with her. She is quite mean to the children and her apparent motive for the adoption is the estate of more than 3 million.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a feel good story one of those you want to curl up with. You will laugh, get mad and teary a time or two.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I received my copy of Beverly Jenkins "Chasing Down a Dream" through the Early Reviewers Program. While this novel is one of many within the "Blessings" series, it is not a hindrance to have read the previous works; the book can stand alone, however once you've visited with the residents of Henry Adams you will surely want to pick up others within the series to journey with the quirky dwellers. Jenkins does a fine job hooking the reader into the story line and undercurrent of black adoption by a white parent and the acceptance/discrimination that exists. The town of Henry Adams is an open, loving tightly knit community that anyone would want to move to. Her development of the town and its people is reminiscent of what Jan Karon has done with Mitford. I had an enjoyable visit in Henry Adams and its residents and plan on looking further into the Blessing series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I received this book from Early Readers, and to be honest I requested it because it was set in Kansas. I had a vague impression it would be a children's book because of the cover. To my delighted surprise, it's part of a series about a town, with a rich tapestry of characters and situations in which the children are only a part. Even though this is the first Blessings book I've read, I had no trouble jumping into the situation -- it was clear that everyone had history and complicated lives but everything I needed to care about the characters was provided. I'm interested in going back to see how they got here and looking forward to see where they go next; I was cheering as some situations resolved well, groaning as some people made short-sighted but believable poor choices, and eagerly picking up clues for new developments that could be expanded later.It's a great example of having a stand-alone book set as part of a rich fictional ongoing story. I'm going to be looking out for more of Beverly Jenkins and her small Kansas town of Henry Adams.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Try as I might I could not get into this book. I couldn't find a connection with the people in this story. I forced myself to read halfway through and just had to stop. Not my cup of tea but it might be for you. I received this from LibraryThing Early review for an honest review.