Whistling Past the Graveyard

 

Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Historical Fiction Physical book
I loved this book. I didn’t love it every minute, to be sure, but when I was done reading, I realized what a great book it was-mostly because of two wonderful characters that are added to my literary heroes list: Eula and Miss Cyrena. Starla’s daddy is a pretty great character, too, but you don’t meet him until near the end of the book. The setting is the summer of 1963 in Mississippi. Though the book has no language or sex issues, there is cruelty and treatment of black people that makes you cringe. I will keep this book on my shelf and maybe return to it someday- after I get all of these other books on TBR shelf gone (that's funny!)


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