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The Girl at the Back of the Bus

By: Suzette D. Harrison
Narrated by: Jordan Frazier & Sirena Riley
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Summary

For listeners of The Help, Orphan Train, and Before We Were Yours comes a heartbreaking and inspirational novel about redemption, family secrets, and the spirit of survival found at the hardest time.

Montgomery, Alabama, 1955

On a cold December evening, Mattie Banks packs a suitcase and leaves her family home. Sixteen years old and pregnant, she has already made the mistake that will ruin her life and disgrace her widowed mother. Boarding the 2857 bus, she sits with her case on her lap, hoping that the driver will take her away from disaster. Instead, Mattie witnesses an act of bravery by a woman named Rosa Parks that changes everything. But as Mattie strives to turn her life around, the dangers that first led her to run are never far away. Forging a new life in a harsh world at constant risk of exposure, Mattie will need to fight to keep her baby safe.

Atlanta, Georgia, present day 

Ashlee Turner is going home. Her relationship in ruins, her career held back by prejudice, she is returning to the family who have always been her rock. But Ashlee’s home is not the safe haven she remembers. Her beloved grandmother is dying and is determined to share her story before she leaves....

When Ashlee finds a stack of yellowing letters hidden in her nana’s closet, she can’t help the curiosity that compels her to read, and she uncovers an old secret that could wreak havoc on her already grieving family. As she tries to make sense of what she has learned, Ashlee faces a devastating choice: to protect her loved ones from the revelations or honor her grandmother’s wishes and follow the path to the truth, no matter where it may lead.

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Love and strength of characters despite injustices

An amazing poignant novel of love hope resilience strength and family captured with tenderness and beauty. A legacy for and to all generations.

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So real to life

I absolutely enjoyed this book. It holds many lessons. It should be made into a film. Strong women in the book to be admired by all. It bought tears to my eyes in places very touching. So real, sad at times but joyous as well.

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Not for me

This is a nice story, but the characters are too sickly sweet, too perfect and unbelievable. I found myself getting irritated with this book. I was glad when it ended, now I can read something a bit more realistic.

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Brilliant book

I really enjoyed this book. Some hard issues to read, but it was well written and the characters well developed. Loved it.

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Beautiful, inspiring and enlightening

Took me a chapter to get really intrigued but then it had me hooked. The story being told from different decades and beginning to join together had me enthralled. I have to say I didn't want it to end but it was a fitting end which touched me greatly.

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