Whistling Past the Graveyard

Whistling Past the Graveyard

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.

In the summer of 1963, nine-year-old spitfire Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmotherâ€™s Mississippi home. Starla hasnâ€™t seen her momma since she was threeâ€”thatâ€™s when Lulu left for Nashville to become a famous singer. Starlaâ€™s daddy works on an oil rig in the Gulf, so Mamie, with her tsk-tsk sounds and her bitter refrain of â€œLord, give me strength,â€ is the nearest thing to family Starla has. After being put on restriction yet again for her sassy mouth, Starla is caught sneaking out for the Fourth of July parade. She fears Mamie will make good on her threat to send Starla to reform school, so Starla walks to the outskirts of town, and just keeps walking. . . . If she can get to Nashville and find her momma, then all that she promised will come true: Lulu will be a star. Daddy will come to live in Nashville, too. And her family will be whole and perfect. Walking a lonely country road, Starla accepts a ride from Eula, a black woman traveling alone with a white baby. The trio embarks on a road trip that will change Starlaâ€™s life forever. She sees for the first time life as it really isâ€”as she reaches for a dream of how it could one day be.
Country USA
Brand Gallery Books
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-07-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476707723

Country	USA
Brand	Gallery Books
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-07-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476707723

Whistling Past the Graveyard

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