The Whistling Season

Author of 11 books, including a finalist for the National Book award, Ivan Doig is hailed as the 'West's preeminent literary novelist' by the Denver Post. When a widowed rancher hires a housekeeper to help with his three young sons, he discovers that she is cheerful and competent. Yet she is concealing a colorful and infamous past. Filled with humor and hardship, Doig's novel sings with what he calls 'a poetry of the vernacular.' '. a book to pass on to your favorite readers .'-Publishers Weekly