Night Songs

Night Songs

Author: Alli Dyer Listening Length: 13h 8m

In this haunting family saga, a young woman must delve into her country star mother’s music to break a curse that has plagued the women in her family for generations—before her time runs out. On the morning of Rhea’s eighteenth birthday, she makes a shocking discovery—her mother was the famed singer of some of coun...

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SIX YEARS LEFT

I was listening to Linda Martell’s “Color Him Father” on the record player when my contractions started. That first pain rolled through, and I thought, Here we go.

I didn’t say anything to Hess at first. She’d never seen a baby get born, so I knew she’d be flying off the handle and rushing us out the door. But I’d seen plenty of births, and it took hours. I wanted to spend as little time at the hospital as possible.

I’d wanted to give birth at the house, but Hess had insisted on a hospital, and she’d eventually worn me down.