The Last House on the Street is the first novel I have had the pleasure to read by Diane Chamberlain. She has written many books, so I will have to delve into some of her earlier work. This novel is her latest, as it was published on January 11, 2022. I listened to the audiobook, and it was wonderfully narrated by Susan Bennett.
Oh, the secrets that abide on Hockley Street! The Last House on the Street is a novel structured with a dual timeline. In 2010, architect Kayla Carter is 28-years-old and is moving into her dream house on Hockley Street in Round Hill, North Carolina. Hers is the first home to be completed on the street within a new development.
The other timeline begins in 1965 with Ellie Hockley, a pharmacy student at UNC. She is home for the summer and instead of working at her father’s pharmacy, she volunteers for the SCOPE Project, which encouraged blacks to register to vote. This becomes Ellie’s passion.
The two timelines connect and many secrets are revealed about Hockley Street. This book tells a great story. It is part historical fiction, mystery and it also focuses on social justice. I learned a lot about the SCOPE project’s work in 1965, while Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was working hard to get the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed.
I highly recommend The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain.
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