City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

We are called to rise, Laura McBride

We are called to rise

Laura McBride

"Here is the powerful story of the way in which war detonates far from battlefields, exploding lives in a single irrevocable moment. Here are unforgettable voices that need to be heard as urgently as this richly imagined story needs to be told. Like a solitary bell "We Are Called to Rise" reverberated long after I'd put it down. I can't stop thinking about it" (Sarah Blake, author of "The Postmistress"). ""I set out with the very clear intention to write a book that might make a reader have a big feeling, the sense that no matter how cruel or unfair life might be in a given moment, no matter how terrible the consequences of a tiny mistake might be, it was ultimately beautiful to be alive. I didn't set out to write a book about war or poverty or racism. I just wanted the reader to love a child enough to feel devastated when that child's heart was broken and euphoric when that child got a chance at hope