{"product_id":"9780156031646","title":"The Whistling Season","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDoig, Ivan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/7\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e“Can't cook but doesn't bite.\" So begins the newspaper ad offering the services of an \"A-1 housekeeper, sound morals, exceptional disposition\" that draws the attention of widower Oliver Milliron in the fall of 1909. That unforgettable season deposits the ever-whistling Rose Llewellyn and her font-of-knowledge brother, Morris Morgan, in Marias Coulee along with a stampede of homesteaders drawn by the promise of the Big Ditch—a gargantuan irrigation project intended to make the Montana prairie bloom. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWhen 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Flawless…\u003cem\u003eThe Whistling Season\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that strives for more than beauty, which it achieves, it reaches for joy.”—\u003cem\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43373996212479,"sku":"9780156031646","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780156031646_s600x595.jpg?v=1779895681","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780156031646","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}