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Houses

Cynthia Rogers Parks
Leigh Walker Books (2009)
ISBN 9780615328935
Reviewed by Melissa Koltes for RebeccasReads (12/09)

Most of us remember our lives via key events forever lodged in our memories; who we were with, what was making headlines, etc.  However, Lacey Winters memories are dictated by the houses she has lived in. For many of us that lived in many places that is an easy way to mark time. 

The story is the 50 years of Lacey’s life that are shared with the reader. We are along for the journey from her Grandmother’s home to the home her own grandchildren visit. As a reader, I was pulled into the story, truly caring about the characters and feeling the happiness, sadness, and sorrows she felt throughout her life. This novel is so well written that I had to remind myself that it was a novel and as far as I’m aware fictional.  It truly felt as though I was sitting with a good friend as she relayed the stories of her life. 
The imagery is fantastic and the details are perfectly balanced with a storyline that keeps the reader turning the pages and engrossed so deeply that you feel you actually know these characters as people.  I finished "Houses" in 2 days because I simply could not put it down.

The chapters of Lacey’s life are heartwarming, heart breaking, irritating and honest.  Anyone that reads this book can relate to most every scene that plays out, either in our own life or in those we have met. Even though I do not personally remember many of the events that transpire in this book (we all know them from history) the accounts given by Cynthia Rogers Parks give it a sense of realism that truly makes it much more real than anything experienced in a textbook.

"Houses" is a gem of a book and instant classic.


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