THE ROOTING PLACE (Audiobook Edition)

By Betty Norwood ChaneyRecorded Track

Length2h 13m

About this audiobook

In the quiet backroads of Mississippi, four generations of women are forced to confront the secrets, heartbreak, and buried truths that have shaped their family for decades. When Simone returns to her mother Effie Raye’s ancestral home with her infant son, Oba, old wounds reopen and long-hidden revelations begin to surface. As memories of lost love, generational trauma, forbidden relationships, and painful sacrifices rise to the surface, the family must decide whether truth will destroy them—or finally set them free. Rich with Southern warmth, humor, music, and unforgettable characters, The Rooting Place is a deeply moving story about motherhood, identity, forgiveness, and the roots that bind us together across generations.

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction, Historical Fiction

Length2 hrs 13 mins

Narrated byRecorded Track

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateFeb 22, 2026

LanguageEnglish

1THE ROOTING PLACE (Audiobook Edition)

8Chapter 7 – Keep Your Distance

2Chapter 1 – Stranded at the Bus Station

9Chapter 8 – Generational Reckoning

3Chapter 2 – A Cousin from the Past

10Chapter 9 – Relationship in Transition

4Chapter 3 – The Homecoming Porch

11Chapter 10 – Healing the Rooting Place

5Chapter 4 – Country Roots and First Friction

12Chapter 11 – The Things We Never Said

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6Chapter 5 – Buddy Red Returns

13Chapter 12 – When the Body Breaks

7Chapter 6 – Mother and Daughter at Odds

14Chapter 13 – An Almost Perfect Picture

About the author

Betty Norwood Chaney

Betty Norwood Chaney, originally from a Mississippi farm, is a writer, editor, and retired professor with an MA in English from SUNY Binghamton. For forty years, she has called Atlanta home.She is the playwright of The Rooting Place saga, a trilogy produced by Impact Theater Atlanta. Though she began the first script in 1985, marriage, career, and raising a special needs child delayed its completion for decades. The saga finally debuted in 2016, followed by The Uprooting (2017) and The ReRooting (2019), both performed at the Hapeville Performing Arts Center.View all by Betty Norwood Chaney