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Title: Kind of Kin

Author: Rilla Askew

Narrator: Rilla Askew

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-08-13

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma. So when Robert John Brown, a churchgoing family man and respected community member, is caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers, he is arrested and sent to prison. Meanwhile, his 10-year-old grandson, Dustin, tries to help the sole escapee of the raid reunite with his family, and his granddaughter, Misty, is struggling to raise her daughter alone after her husband, an illegal immigrant himself, has been deported. Then theres Browns daughter Sweet, who finds her life unraveling: Her father is refusing to speak in court to defend himself, her nephew is missing, her niece is in need of shelter, and the stress of it all is destroying her marriage.

Rilla Askews brilliant, hilarious, and heartfelt novel follows a handful of complicated lawmakers and lawbreakers as workers are exiled, friends turn informers, and families are torn apart in a statewide exodus of Hispanics. In the end, Kind of Kin reveals how an ad hoc family, and an entire town, will unite to do anything necessary to protect its own.

Members Reviews:

Pretty darn nice view of what the Bible Belt is really like.

So much is revealed about the human side of this political situation that could have taken place anywhere.

The author has a firm grip on the concept of personal freedom buoyed by personal faith in its myriad 3rd millennium guises. Freedom is the constant undertone, and every principle character is stirred to at least begin the journey toward becoming free; freedom from poverty, from banality, from conformity, freedom to love, freedom to feel secure, up to and including freedom from the falseness of not taking a stand until circumstances demand a stand be taken. Faith in something greater than themselves, whether it be in God or in the ordinary goodness of the human spirit, is the common mainspring that propels the novel's characters to seek freedom for themselves, even as politics grinds away at them.

It's a stirring story that manages to speak of hope in the face of artifice for personal and political gain. Such is the stuff of seeking freedom anywhere on the planet, and certainly reason enough to have, and grow, faith.

A modern day story about a family facing challenged from immigration.

A great story about families, communities, and politics around undocumented immigrants. The author created people I cared about, and did a nice job integrating faith, and family connections and strains that can result from different perspectives. I loved it!

The main character Sweet is caught in the middle of trying to save ...

Surprisingly witty, Kind of Kin delves into some tough questions we face today as we try to manage the immigration problem. The main character Sweet is caught in the middle of trying to save all of her family and their myriad of problems. Her efforts are sometimes hysterical and sometimes amazing and the end result leaves you hoping for more.

UMW book

Not a bad book. Just not the kind I like. Didn't really agree with some of the positions the author had but all in all not a bad book.

Pass...

Left to many loose ends with characters of storyline & the characters they affected. Like an incomplete recipe leaving a flat taste! Not a very satisfying read :-(