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All the things that make a good book, or a book good, can be found in Ivan Doig's "The Whistling Season". It is at it's very core a good and gripping story; it provides an interesting historical setting, well developed characters, humor, heart, a mystery, a romance and a comet! Who could ask for more?
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I was fortunate to see Ivan Doig at a book reading for Whistling Season. Certainly he draws upon his real life experience at a one room school and with a father widowed with young children. However, I think that in this new book, he goes beyond his real life experience (at least as described in his biographies, House of Sky and Heart Earth) to create a fictional environment. This new tack is, in my opinion, a good one, and I found this a very enjoyable book.
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This novel is about a motherless family of three boys and a widower in a very small Montana town in 1910. A housekeeper is hired and her brother tags along from Minneapolis to the frontier. There the story begins.
The best way to describe the book may be to tell what it is not. It is not hokey or a father falling-in-love chic romance. Although the narrator is a teenage boy, it is not a coming of age novel. Although there is shadowing of mystery from the beginning, it is not mystery.
So what is it? It is an ode to the single room school house and education. It is a frank telling of a family's year on the Montana frontier. There are relationships explored between the boy and his family, the teacher, the housekeeper and his school mates - friend and foe.
Paul, the narrator, has to face adversity (beyond the death of his mother) in several different ways while maintaining his place in his small and insular world. His most difficult task, however, is to decide what to do with a secret he learns.
The writing is terrific, although the book got off to a slow start. After the first 70 pages, which seemed choppy, I was worried I had picked a dud. From there on the book was captivating. Paul, and almost all of the characters, were extremely likeable with all their foibles and weaknesses exposed. The one pure "bad" guy was tangential and truly wicked.
This is a great read once it started to get going. Both the story(ies) and the characters (especially Morrie, the reluctant teacher) will stay with the reader. It is entertaining and thought-provoking. Highly recommended.
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This is a wonderful book about a vanished time. Fine characterization, wonderful setting, lovely writing, and a good story. What's not to like?
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I read so much trash that sometimes I forget what real fiction writing is all about. This book is a little masterpiece. Doig Brings Simplicity of style, character development, and his mastery of dialog to tell a beautiful story about the end of days for Montana's one room school houses. Everyone should read Ivan Doig, he is one of America's best writers of the 20th (and now 21st) century!
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