Diane Chamberlain's latest haunting novel resonates so strongly with our contemporary realities where once again widescale attacks are taking place on what every citizen should be able to take for granted, the basic right to vote. In a dual line narrative, the author takes us back in time to 1965, a turbulent period of American history, to the dangerous and courageous fight for civil rights and efforts to increase voter registration within black communities in the hostile and racist American Sou...

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY!A story that will stick with me for a long time.It’s 2010, and Kayla’s husband dies just before they move into their North Carolina dream home in the gorgeous Shadow Ridge Estates. Kayla and her young daughter proceed with moving in. The house is newly built, and backs into the woods. Kayla is instantly uneasy as she is confronted by an older, mysterious woman telling her she shouldn’t be living there. Kayla doesn’t know what the lady’s deal is.Then, she meets neighbor Elli...

**Many thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Diane Chamberlain for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 1.11!!**Moving, thought-provoking, and soul-stirring...with just a hint of mystery!Diane Chamberlain has a gift for intertwining the past neatly with the present, and in The Lase House on the Street, she explores the idea that the more things have changed, the more they have unfortunately stayed the same.It's 2010 and Kayla is recovering from the loss of her husband in a tragic acci...

Loved it!!! Could not put it down. Review to follow in a day or two.I’m back: .....[with basic general details -- but no spoilers -- all the best parts are left out of this review]There was an instant ease I fell into while reading “The Last House on the Street”. It’s a page turner told in duel time lines. (1965 and 2010).Both storylines are emotionally powerful and intimate….and blend beautifully together. Themes cover racial prejudice, interracial relationships, forbidden love, resentments, sm...

1965 Ellie Hockley is a naive 20 year old, “coming of age” during the time when President Lyndon B Johnson is about to sign into law the Voting Rights bill Act, with the aim of registering more black voters and removing racism from American Politics. She joins a program called SCOPE-Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project, despite protests from her family and friends. Many White Volunteers spent the Summer, living with Black host families so they could canvas their neighbor...

4.5 Stars!This book is a historical fiction novel. Its about the Scope Project which I never heard of before, and I learned a lot from it. There are dual timelines. The timelines are 2010 and then goes back to 1965. 2010Kayla is at work and her new administrative assistant comes into her office and tells her that a lady told her that she has an eleven o'clock appointment with her but she is not on her calender. Kayla tells her to send her in her room.The lady's name is Ann Smith and she looks li...

***HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY***This novel is told in alternating time lines, 2010 and 1965. 2010Kayla has recently lost her husband who was killed following an accident while building their dream house. He and Kayla are both architects and they had chosen this beautiful site in the woods for their modern home designed with enormous windows to make it feel as though you are really immersed in the forest. Kayla has a 3 year old daughter, Rainie, who is very excited to be moving into their new home. T

CulpabilityThe Last House on the Street is an engaging, thoughtful and reflective murder mystery that the past cries out to be solved. As two architects, Kayla Carter and her husband, Jackson, designed and built their dream home in the exclusive Shadow Ridge Estates in Round Hill, North Carolina. Backing onto woods, as the last house on the street, they had the prime location in the new housing estate and within walking distance of the Hockley’s home that stood for a very long time. Just before

What we see often is only a fractional part of what really is.Deception comes in all sizes. Some from the little lies we tell ourselves to make us feel like we're standing on more solid surfaces. Some lies erupt after being marinated over decades and passed on from generation to generation. These are the ones that sink beneath the surface and decay holier ground.Diane Chamberlain presents a split storyline that pivots from 1965 and lands on happenings in 2010. It settles itself near Greenville,

Mixed Feelings 3.25 starsThe Last House on the Street is a historical drama about voting rights and a related mystery. In the 1960s, Ellie, a college student at UNC, joins the SCOPE Project, an organization focused on voting rights for African Americans. Being a white woman from a privileged family in the south, Ellie becomes embroiled in controversy. When she develops romantic feelings for a black man, she becomes a target of the Klan.Shift to 2010, and the reader meets Kayla, a young widow w

It's been so heartening to read your wonderful reviews of The Last House on the Street! Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. I know that the ARCs don't include my Author's Notes, so I thought I would share a bit of them here: I was fourteen years old during the summer of 1964 when I heard the news about three young civil rights workers who were murdered in Mississippi. Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney and Michael Schwerner were spending the summer in the South to register Black...

Rounded up from roughly 4.5 Stars ⭐️ The Last house on the Street follows two timelines. In 1965, Ellie is trying to fight for what she believes in. She joins the SCOPE project despite the protest of her loved ones, and it changes her life forever. In 2010, Kayla is recently widowed and needing to move into her new house. But her husband died in that house, and now that she’s receiving threats she’s not so sure it was the dream she has expected.This is the first Diane Chamberlain novel I’ve read...

"The Time is always right to do what is right." - Martin Luther King, Jr.Two women, two tragedies, a chance encounter and worlds collide!1965 Ellie Hockley is a young woman who wants to stand by her convictions. She wants to do what is right. She applies to take part in the Scope project, trying to get people to register to vote. She will be living with black families, while she and her fellow volunteers try to get them to sign up and vote. It's not an easy feat. The Klan is not happy. They are

The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain2010 What had been an exciting chapter in their lives changes into a sad step forward for Kayla Carter when her husband dies while building their dream house in Shadow Ridge Estates, Round Hill, North Carolina. Now Kayla and her four year old daughter are moving into the huge, finished home and Kayla feels dread and sadness rather than the excitement she would have felt if her husband was still alive. What had seemed like a happy place before, now...

Diane Chamberlain. She’s my gal. Her storytelling has the power to sweep me away, completely. When I get my hands on one of her books, I spin around in circles like Snoopy doing a happy dance. I did that with her latest, The Last House on the Street, but then a weird thing happened. I set it aside and read dozens of others ahead of it. I just NEEDED it to be so good that I was scared to read it. Fortunately, it is good. Really good. In true Chamberlain fashion, The Last House on the Street is a

Diane Chamberlain is unique, fantastic storyteller, directing us to marvelous journeys at different eras : she’s the queen of historical fictions and I honestly enjoy to read her well constructed characters written with emotional depth, broadening my horizon by learning about different historical facts occurred in different states. This book divided into two time zones: 1965 and 2010 and introducing us marvelous two characters: Ellie Hockley and Kayla Carter. Their stories intercepted at the tr...

2.5 stars.Told in two timelines, this historical mystery focuses on the 1960’s voters registration civil rights initiative in the southern states. The Summer Community Organization And Political Education (SCOPE) Project was a movement where young White men and women canvassed door to door in rural Black counties encouraging the citizens to register to vote. Though voting was legal for all citizens, law makers and enforcers in these southern states did everything they could to make it difficult

3.5*Diane Chamberlain is one of my favourite authors. I'm always excited when she has a new book out. I've read many of her books and she is a powerful writer.In saying that I was a little disappointed with the start of the book (well the first chapter starts off rather intriguing...but then I found it to run pretty slow right up until the 50% mark.) The first half of the book was a definite 3 stars for me. The second half took off and I'm grading that part a full 4 stars. Hence my rating for th...

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! Another deeply moving and meaningful book from Diane Chamberlain.This is a dual timeline novel. It alternates between Kayla in 2010, a young widow who has just moved into a house with her four-year-old daughter that she and her late husband had designed. While at work one day, a woman comes into her office and knows far too much information about Kayla and her property and warns Kayla away from living there among other dire proclamations. The second timeline is 1965, where...