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The Whistling Season | 
 enlarge | Author: Ivan Doig
Publisher: Harvest Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 729130
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.9
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B0018202ZW
Publication Date: May 7, 2007
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Product Description
"Can’t cook but doesn’t bite." So begins the ad offering the services of an "A-1 housekeeper" that draws the attention of widower Oliver Milliron in the fall of 1909. And so also begins the unforgettable season that deposits the noncooking, nonbiting, ever-whistling Rose Llewellyn and her font-of-knowledge brother, Morris Morgan, in Marias Coulee, Montana. 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.
A paean to a vanished way of life and the eccentric individuals and idiosyncratic institutions that made it fertile, The Whistling Season is Ivan Doig at his evocative best.
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 Unremarkable if fairly entertaining January 7, 2009
Paul Milliron is a seemingly insignificant child. Living with his father and 2 younger brothers on the plains of Montana in 1909, the motherless family knows hardship and good times in equal measure.
When Paul's father takes it upon himself to hire a housekeep from Minneapolis, Paul and his younger brothers are in for the treat of their life when Rose Llewellyn and her brother Morrie Morgan show up on their front steps.
Gradually the relationship between Mr. Milliron and Rose grows to be something more and the boys begin to see her and Morrie as irreplaceable parts of their lives. Morrie and Rose are harboring a secret however, one that could either break, or make the family.
I had mixed reactions to "The Whistling Season." Overall I liked it. The writing is superb and descriptive and the characters are people I can relate to and want to know more about. On the flip side, there really was no solid plotline. Yes, there was a growing relationship between the characters and minor happenings that will happen in 1909 Montana, but besides that it was like an ongoing episode of "The Waltons."
That's really all I have to say about it. It was good, I liked it. Would I read a sequel? ...meh. Maybe, if I couldn't find anything more interesting to pick up.
I give "The Whistling Season" 4 stars for the quality of writing and the characters, 3 for the overall plotline. Overall it was unremarkable through a haze of slightly peaked interest.
The Whistling Season December 24, 2008
I have read other books by this author and this
particular one was for a Christmas present.
 The long road home November 23, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
As I write this "review" all I can say, is that I've yet to receive this book which I ordered a month ago.
 Fantastic. September 22, 2008
Growing up in Nebraska, small country schoolhouses were still around untill recently. I thought the storytelling writing style of Ivan Doig was fantastic, and he paints a vivid picture of the time through the eyes of a young boy. A great read.
The Whistling Season September 4, 2008
This is an awesome story and the writing is absolutely amazing. I originally borrowed the book from a friend, and when I finished reading it, I actually went back to the beginning to read it through again. It was just as enjoyable the second time through. And then, just to make sure, I bought a copy of the book from Amazon. This book is definitely a "keeper". I loved it and have recommended it to several friends already, and, who knows, I may be reading it again soon! I also went back to Amazon and bought other books by the same author!
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