Whistling Past the Graveyard, Susan Crandall
Whistling Past the Graveyard, Susan Crandall
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Whistling Past the Graveyard

Author: Susan Crandall

Narrator: Amy Rubinate

Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/02/2013


Synopsis

In the summer of 1963, nine-year-old spitfire Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmother's home. Mamie is the nearest thing to family Starla has. After being put on restriction yet again for her sassy mouth, Starla is caught sneaking out. She fears Mamie will make good on her threat to send Starla to reform school, so Starla walks to the outskirts of town, and just keeps walking. Walking a lonely country road, Starla accepts a ride from Eula, a black woman traveling alone with a white baby. The trio embarks on a road trip that will change Starla's life forever. She sees for the first time life as it really is - as she reaches for a dream of how it could one day be.

About Susan Crandall

Susan Crandall is a critically acclaimed author of women’s fiction, romance, and suspense. She has written several award-winning novels including her first book, Back Roads, which won the RITA award for best first book, as well as Whistling Past the Graveyard, which won the SIBA 2014 Book Award for Fiction. Susan lives in Noblesville, Indiana, with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tania on September 12, 2014

My daddy says that when you do somethin' to distract you from your worstest fears, it's like whistlin' past the graveyard. You know, making a racket to keep the scaredness and the ghosts away. He says that's how we get by sometimes. But it's not weak, like hidin'... It's strong. It means you're able......more

Goodreads review by Angela M on October 18, 2014

Parts of this story may seem a little unrealistic but it really doesn't matter because many other truths are told in this novel: - The ugly truth of segregation, prejudice, and what it meant to be black in the south in the 1960’s. - The realistic depiction of a tough lesson learned by a 9 year old gi......more

Goodreads review by Robert on March 10, 2014

In my younger days, when I had more sass in my head than I had sense, I managed to hit a few boys, and I got walloped a few times in return. Momma always said my mouth wandered off more than it stayed home, and my jaw got more exercise than a coon hound on a huntin’ expedition. I had more than a lit......more