

Whistling Past the Graveyard
Author: Susan Crandall
Narrator: Amy Rubinate
Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Published: 07/02/2013
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Susan Crandall
Narrator: Amy Rubinate
Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Published: 07/02/2013
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
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.
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
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
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