Jesse Sings

Surviving Tough Times A Coming of Age Page-turner

De: Victor Hess

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Duración: 7 h y 37 m

Resumen del Editor

Young Jesse Hall wants his divorced parents to reconcile. Jesse witnesses the pain his deadbeat dad inflicts while drunk and Jesse believes it’s the alcohol, not his dad. Not really. Despite Jesse’s fervent prayers, his dad keeps gambling, and remains an alcoholic while the family suffers.

Jesse and his pregnant mom escape to a new town, and to make ends meet Jesse helps by delivering newspapers, selling abandoned pop bottles, and scavenging abandoned coins in vending machines while his mom sews and cleans for people in the town.

As Jesse continues to pray and plead for his dad to change, there are people in the town who have other plans for him: a pair of school bullies and a local preacher who tries to move Jesse to foster care by reporting his mom as unfit to a well-meaning social worker. It’s the 1950’s.

Jesse and his penniless mother must keep their family from being torn further apart. They must do anything they can to survive their poverty. Will the town turn on the new strangers or save them?

Watch how Jesse’s best friend, a deputy Sheriff, a five-and-dime clerk, and a dead body help the town discover his resilience and a sweet gentle voice at the same time.

Jesse Sings is the first book of the three-book series, Searching for Family, a coming-of-age story about a son growing up fast trying to save his father. If you like books like Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, and even Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing, you will love this Best Book Award 2018 Finalist by Victor Hess.