{"product_id":"book-c4mg","title":"The Whistling Season","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor of 11 books, including a finalist for the National Book Award, Ivan Doig is hailed as the “West’s preeminent literary novelist” by \u003cem\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/em\u003e. A Montana native and respected historian, Doig leavens this tale of the prairie frontier with wonderful humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eIn 1909, struggling to farm his remote homestead and raise three sons, widower Oliver Milliron desperately needs help. A housekeeper’s ad in a Milwaukee newspaper, “Can’t cook but doesn’t bite,” leads him to hire her sight unseen. When perky Rose Llewellyn arrives, she brings along her brainy brother, Morris. Though Rose whistles through her work at the Milliron house, and Morris becomes teacher at the one-room school, these two newcomers conceal a past that is colorful and infamous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eTold through the eyes of Oliver’s 13-year-old son, \u003cem\u003eThe Whistling Season\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with humor, hardship, and surprising moments of discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eThe Whistling Season\u003cem\u003e is a book to pass on to your favorite readers: a story of lives of active choice, lived actively.”\u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49393916772656,"sku":"BDc4mg","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49393916805424,"sku":"ZEc4mg","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/482460-c4mg-Square.jpg?v=1735359827","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c4mg","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}