As little as I read family sagas (rarely in the last few years), I gave this a try having in mind the idea to change up my reading and clean my palate between other genres.

Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: Incredibly moving. Overall, A Man Called Smith is an emotional, well-told, powerful historical family saga. I also cared for Calla and hoped the best for her. He is a sympathetic and complex character, and I really grew to care for him.

This book most definitely stood on its own, but I would also like to know even more about John and his backstory. Calla dreams of college and a new start, but her stepmother spends her college fund.Ĭan John keep his family from falling apart at the seams?Ī Man Called Smith is the final chapter in a series I’ve not previously read. John is so troubled with his own baggage, he doesn’t see the pain of his children.Īlmost fifteen years later, Calla, John’s daughter, is now sixteen and is forced to care for her siblings by her mean and uncaring stepmother. John finds himself married to a woman with her own set of dark issues. His wife dies during childbirth, and he is left with two children to care for on his own. John Smith is a World War II veteran living in South Dakota in 1949. Buy A Man Called Smith to witness a dramatic family saga today! If you like courageous characters and narratives told over multiple generations, then you’ll love Tanya E. But her dreams crumble when her heartless stepmother claims the college fund for her own selfish purposes.Īs John fears he is too late to stop the war within his home, Calla vows to build a new life worth living.Ĭan John survive the consequences of war on the home front? Can Calla find the strength to rediscover the meaning of family?Ī Man Called Smith is the heartwarming and heart wrenching story following the life of John Smith. Forced to care for her younger siblings with a list of household demands larger than she is tall, Calla knows it’s only a matter of time until she can escape the abuse and begin anew at college. John’s sixteen-year-old daughter Calla dreams of a life beyond her vindictive stepmother. Tormented by his own grief and the ravages of war, John is blind to his children’s turmoil and pain.

But in the desperation to provide for his two small children, he is manipulated into an unsuitable marriage by a young woman with a dark neurosis. WWII veteran John Smith longs for the life he lost after the tragic death of his wife during childbirth. Can a grieving widower rebuild his splintered family to find peace at last?

A Man Called Smith by Tanya E. Williams