"Can't cook but doesn't bite." So begins the newspaper ad offering
the services of an "A-1 housekeeper, sound morals, exceptional
disposition" that draws the attention of widower Oliver Milliron in
the fall of 1909. That unforgettable season deposits the
ever-whistling Rose Llewellyn and her font-of-knowledge brother,
Morris Morgan, in Marias Coulee along with a stampede of
homesteaders drawn by the promise of the Big Ditch--a gargantuan
irrigation project intended to make the Montana prairie bloom. When
the schoolmarm runs off with an itinerant preacher, Morris is
pressed into service, setting the stage for the "several kinds of
education"--none of them of the textbook variety--Morris and Rose
will bring to Oliver, his three sons, and the rambunctious students
in the region's one-room schoolhouse. "Flawless...The Whistling
Season is a book that strives for more than beauty, which it
achieves, it reaches for joy."--O, the Oprah Magazine
General
Imprint: |
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2007 |
First published: |
May 2007 |
Authors: |
Ivan Doig
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Dimensions: |
201 x 132 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-15-603164-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
Promotions
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LSN: |
0-15-603164-7 |
Barcode: |
9780156031646 |
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