Whistling in the Dark, (Paperback)

from Janet

Excellent book-being from Wisconsin many years ago, it brought back many memories.

from Jacey25

I picked this book up yesterday around 4 o'clock and by 10pm I had finished it- take that as a testament to how immersive this book is. Whistling in the Dark is the first work by Lesley Kagen; a general fiction book that looks at the resilience and courage of children. Elven year old Sally is the...

from loriephillips

This is a story of two sisters during the summer of 1959. Ten year old Sally promised her dying father that she would take care of her younger sister, Troo. While their mother is in the hospital possibly dying, Sally and Troo are left in the care of their preoccupied teenaged sister and drunk ste...

from Cherylk

It was the summer of 1959. Sally and Troo's mom was in the hospital, their step dad was busy hitting the bottle and their sister Nell had other things on her mind like her boyfriend. There were two murdered girls and Sally thought that she would be next. So that summer Sally and Troo were on a mi...

from MrsHillReads

For me this was a reminder of my childhood...not the part about murder & abuse, but the freedom of children in the summer and what would probably be called neglect by parents now--but was then the norm. The whole book was a trip down memory lane; although, I never had an imagination as active as ...