The Only Way Home

By Jeanette Minniti

Book Overview

Winner of the 2022 Colorado Authors League 1st Place Award in Historical Fiction!

Desperate times. Danger on the rails. A journey to save a family.

It is 1933 inside a sweltering courtroom in Macon, Georgia. Fifteen-year-old Robert sits on a bench awaiting sentencing after being picked up for vagrancy and spending a night in jail. He left his home in Illinois with a neighborhood friend to ride the rails and find work to help their families. The friend turned back, too afraid to face the perils ahead. But going back empty-handed isn't an option for Robert.

THE ONLY WAY HOME is the story of one boy's determination to survive loss and hardship to help his family - and how fate and a violin touch the course of his life.

Fans of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and Sold On a Monday by Kristina Morris will love this story set during the Great Depression of a fatherless boy fighting to keep his family together.

AWARDS

The Only Way Home received the Colorado Authors League 1st Place Gold Award for Historical Fiction, a 2nd Place Silver CIPA EVVY Award in Literary & Contemporary Fiction, and a 3rd Place Bronze CIPA EVVY Award in Historical Fiction. Jeanette Minniti also received an Honorable Mention Award from Readers' Favorite in Historical Fiction-Events/Eras.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 173556690X
• ISBN13: 9781735566900
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Penning Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining read

MY THOUGHTS ON THIS BOOK Afraid his family needed money to survive during the great depression, 15 years old Robert strikes out on his own to work and make money for his family. His journey was not a very good one, though he did find some nice people along the way to help him. He ended up going through several states, and also found a friend to join him on his journey. Robert is trying to find his way back home to his family, and the only way of transportation is hopping trains, so this is what he and his friend did. Author Jeanette Minniti does a lot of research to get the historical facts right, as well as creating characters that very well tell her story. I love Robert, he is such a sweet strong and caring young man. There were many troubling times that I was scared someone would grab him and take him for purposes that were not good. A few times I even feared for his live, but it was so reassuring to see the nice people he met along the way that will willing to overlook a few things or help him on his way. The Only Way Home by Jeanette Minniti is a fantastic historical fiction that you history buffs out there will love. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a few hours of entertainment and enjoyment. Five Stars for this one! A special thanks to the author/publisher for a copy of this book. I am not required to write a positive review, the opinions here are mine alone. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.

The Only Way Home

The Only Way Home is my first introduction to the talents of Jeanette Minniti. I greatly enjoyed this book. It tells the story about a fifteen year old Robert who leaves home in the familiar and the comforts of the state of Illinois to find work in Macon, Georgia after his father has passed away. The historical details made me feel as though I was transported back in time to the Great Depression era in the 1930s Georgia. I loved and admired Robert’s strong willed determination, courage and bravery throughout. I had to keep reading to find out what would happen next for him from scene to scene. I enjoyed watching him grow and mature. This is one of those books that readers will not want to put down until they have completely consumed it in one day. For me, it was a day very well spent. I thoroughly enjoyed taking this adventure with Robert. The Only Way Home is getting a very well deserved five stars from me. I highly recommend it for readers who enjoy reading well written historical fiction, especially, set during the Great Depression in the United States. I will definitely be on the look out for more books by Jeanette Minniti in the future. This one is definitely not one to be missed. I know many readers like me will not be disappointed. I received a paperback copy of The Only Way Home from the publisher. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion