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Both are made aware of the difficulties of being white in a black world and being black in a white world. But I paid. "A delightfully complex story about defying the odds to find the gifts we have tucked inside us."
"WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD is a multi-layered saga that can be enjoyed by teens and adults alike. "Fall in love with spunky Starla Claudelle . "Crandall delivers big with a coming-of-age story set in Mississippi in 1963 and narrated by a precocious 9-year-old…Young Starla is an endearing character whose spirited observations propel this nicely crafted story.” An It has a cinematic quality that will make readers wish for a screen version. . This wonderful novel will be devoured by bookclubs and will cause every parent who finishes it to immediately find and hug their children.” We overworked crust. Samantha Stone could have a wonderful life if only other Readers will take to Starla and be caught up in her story.” Hurt people hurt people.
She happily accepts a ride, with the ultimate goal of reaching her mother in Nashville. He’s blinded by love. The summer of 1963 begins like any other for nine-year-old Starla Claudelle.
When Starla is grounded on the Fourth of July, she sneaks out to see the parade. empathetic storyteller (Publishers Weekly), she delves into the complexities of the human heart to seek the truest meaning of love.Cameo LakePutting herself first doesn't come ... And yet, it was clear to me from the beginning, Starla was going to tell her story in her own way.
As a novelist, I was embarking on a project unlike any I’d previously written. Published: 2013-07-02 Hardcover : 320 pages. Whistling Past the Graveyard. The novels of Susan Wilson are rich with stirring conflict and deeply felt emotion. . Her life's becoming a nightmare. The first novel of the Kilo-Five Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Stubborn, sassy, nine-year-old Starla Jane Claudelle lives with her grandmother Mamie in smalltown Mississippi. It's where they're allowed to live.I was horrible thirsty, but I didn't take it; Mamie had made it clear: no matter even if we're about to expire from thirstiness, we don't drink after negras.Remeber when we was bakin', and what I say about overworked crust? In the summer of 1963, nine-year-old spitfire Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmother’s Mississippi home. Susan Crandall is a critically acclaimed author of women’s fiction, romance, and suspense. From an award-winning author comes a wise and tender coming-of-age story about a nine-year-old girl who runs away from her Mississippi home in 1963, befriends a lonely woman suffering loss and abuse, and embarks on a life-changing roadtrip. - Publishers WeeklyA luminous portrait of courage and the bonds of friendship, this coming of age story is as endearing and spirited as they come. Whistling will remind readers of favorite Southern novels, from The Secret Life of Bees to The Help.... [Crandall] is a deft stylist who handles Starla’s first-person dialect with ease." Susan Crandall tells young Starla’s story with pitch-perfect tone, evoking 1963 Mississippi and its struggles with a deft hand. Agent: Jennifer Schober, Spencerhill.
Along the way, she meets Eula, an African-American woman who has taken custody of a white baby, much to her abusive, alcoholic husband’s dismay. It turned out that to be a very good thing that I stopped being my own stubborn self and let Starla have her way. Through talks with Eula, reconnecting with her parents, and encountering a series of surprising misadventures, Starla learns to let go of long-held dreams and realizes family is forged from those who will sacrifice all for you, no matter if bound by blood or by the heart. Starla and Eula soon find themselves on the run together, dodging one-dimensional racists and receiving assistance from wise and accepting African-Americans.