The Means That Make Us Strangers

By: Christine Kindberg

Narrated by: Sarah Brands

Home is where your people are. But who are your people?

Adelaide has lived her whole life in rural Ethiopia as the white American daughter of an anthropologist. Then, her family moves to South Carolina in 1964.

Adelaide vows to find her way back to Ethiopia, marry Maicaah, and become part of the village for real. But until she turns 18, Adelaide must adjust to this strange, white place that everyone tells her is home. Then, Adelaide becomes friends with the five African American students who sued for admission into the white high school.

Even as she navigates her family's expectations and her mother's depression, Adelaide starts to enjoy her new friendships, the chance to learn new things, and the time she spends with a blond football player. Life in Greenville becomes interesting, and home becomes a much more complex equation.

Adelaide must finally choose where she belongs: the Ethiopian village where she grew up, to which she promised to return? Or this place, where she's become part of something bigger than herself?

©2019 Christine Kindberg (P)2020 Christine Kindberg

Amazing narrator

This moving and well-written coming-of-age story comes alive with Sarah Brands’s vivid performance. She pulls the listener into the story at the high points, all-too-low points, and everywhere in between. Highly recommended.

Such a talented narrator for a story about history

The narrator is skilled in reading this book about growing up on two continents. I highly recommend this book.

The Means

Excellent book,set in the 1960's with a white girl growing up in Ethiopia set afloat in a newly integrated school in Carolina.I loved it!Sarah Brands was a fine narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.' 

EXCELLENT READ!

I absolutely loved it! The narration was outstanding and gave the story that extra flair! It will keep you entertained! The author did an amazing job with the character builds and plot! This was my first book by this author but definitely not my last! I look forward to reading more books by this author! I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

A great story

This is a compelling, character-driven story excellently narrated by Sarah Brands. There are a few small unexplained items throughout the story that caused me a bit of confusion, but nothing so significant that it spoiled the story. I really enjoyed it.

NOTE: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.