A DUET FOR HOME

A DUET FOR HOME by Karina Yan Glaser

A few months back a friend of mine, who is a part of this group, posted about this book on her personal Facebook page. She was very moved by the story, and being the reliable sort that she is, I ordered a copy for my own book pile. I am so glad I did!

Most of you will be familiar with the name Karina Yan Glaser, author of the popular Vanderbeekers series.

In A Duet for Home, Glaser pens a very touching story surrounding homelessness. After a young girl named June loses her father in a bike/car crash and her mother is fired from her job when she can no longer get out of bed in the morning, they, along with June's little sister Maybelle, are forced to move into a homeless shelter named Huey House. There they meet several other families that have fallen on hard times for various reasons. When it is discovered that the city government is trying to move people out of Huey House into unsafe homes often located far away from jobs so it can look like their homeless numbers are decreasing, it's time for the residents to become a family of their own and take their case to the mayor.

Glaser writes this story from personal experience. Her first job out of college was working for an organization that provided transitional housing for homeless people in NYC. The seeds for this book were planted then.