Whistling in the Dark: Whistling in the Dark (Audiobook)

from DeltaQueen50

I really loved this book. The story of two sisters during one summer in Milwaukee, their mother has been hospitalized, their older sister is more interested in her boyfriend then in caring for them, and their stepfather has taken up drinking and womanizing in a big way. The two girls are pretty m...

from Whisper1

Creatively written, I very much enjoyed this book. 1959 is a difficult summer for the O'Malley sisters. Their mother is in the hospital for an extended stay. Their older sister who is given charge to help take care of them, is boy crazy and can't stay away from the guy with the large car that too...

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...