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In the waning years of the 19th century, Bessie Daniels grows up in the small town of Hot Springs in western North Carolina. Secure in the love of her father, resistant to her mother’s desire that she be a proper Southern belle, Bessie is determined to forge her own way in life. Or, as her Cherokee great-grandmother Elisi puts it, a whistling woman. Life, however, has a few surprises for her. First, there’s Papa carrying home a dead man, which seems to invite Death for an extended visit in their home. And shortly before she graduates from Dorland Institute, there’s another death, this one closer to her heart. But Death isn’t through with her yet. Proving another of Elisi’s sayings, death comes in threes, It strikes again, taking someone Bessie has recently learned to appreciate and cherish, leaving her to struggle with a family that’s threatening to come apart at the seams. Even her beloved Papa seems to be turning into another person, someone Bessie disagrees with more often than not, and someone she isn’t even sure she can continue to love, much less idolize as she had during her childhood. And when Papa makes a decision that costs the life of a new friend, the course of Bessie’s heart is changed forever.

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Whistling Woman (English Edition)
CC Tillery

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Moonfixer (English Edition)
CC Tillery

(2.572)

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Beloved Woman (English Edition)
CC Tillery

(2.551)

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Wise Woman (English Edition)
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Granny Woman: An Appalachian Journey Novel (English Edition)
CC Tillery

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CC Tillery is the pseudonym of two sisters, both authors who came together to write the story of their great aunt Bessie in Whistling Woman. Tillery is their maiden name and the C’s stand for their first initials. One C is Cyndi Tillery Hodges. Cyndi writes under the pseudonym of Caitlyn Hunter. She is the author of the Eternal Shadows series and Winds of Fate, all paranormal romances based on Cherokee legends. She has also written several contemporary romance short stories and a fantasy novella. To find out more about her work, visit her website, http://caitlynhunter.com. The other C is Christy Tillery French. Christy is a multi-published, award winning writer who writes suspense and thrillers. She is the author of The Bodyguard series and four stand-alone suspense novels. To find out more about her work, visit her website, http://christytilleryfrench.com. To find out more about Whistling Woman and the people it is based on, visit http://whistlingwoman.wordpress.com/.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006H7Z5D2
Editore ‏ : ‎ Spring Creek Press (1 dicembre 2011)
Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 3473 KB
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Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 254 pagine

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Fairly light reading. Not too much dynamic between characters but a nice story.

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Betty Dravis

Memoir of the authors' great-aunt! A regional masterpiece!

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When novelists Christy Tillery French and Cyndi Hodges (aka Caitlyn Hunter) were children, sitting at their father's knee while he told them stories about their independent Great-aunt Bessie, they never dreamed that one day they would write a book about her. But that's just what these popular writers did! Whistling Woman is a touching memoir of this unique North Carolina woman of the late 19th century.

I was especially interested in learning more about this fascinating woman because she was a generation earlier than my parents and I thought Bessie would help me get a feel for some of the things my mother went through while growing up in Kentucky. As it turns out--and as it usually does for each successive generation--my mother had it a lot easier, but some of the tales about Bessie are similar to stories my Grannie Sue told. What an interesting time to live!

Bessie was born in 1881 in Hot Springs, North Carolina and was closer to her Papa, who was the area constable, than to her Mama who wanted her to be a prim-and-proper Southern belle. Early evidence of her independence is that she denounced the name she was given at birth, declaring she was "Bessie." She seldom answered to the name Vashti again.

I enjoyed the tales of how her father encouraged her independence in such mischievous ways and how her mother always tried to rein her in. (My father was like that with me too; encouraged my mischievousness and that's probably why I'm still a brat...)

Bessie's Cherokee great-grandmother Elisi adds a lot of wisdom, humor and Indian lore to the story. She mocks Bessie's determination to find her own way in life, comparing her to a "whistling woman."

The first rift in Bessie's relationship with her Papa comes right at the beginning of this fascinating memoir when he brings home a dead man and plops the body right down on the dining room table...much to the consternation of her mother. This sparks Bessie's anger and her curiosity, so it isn't long before she's poking her finger in the cadaver's ears and taunting her two little brothers.

Her curiosity doesn't dampen her anger at her father for bringing "Death" into their home. She has been conditioned by Elisi's stories, one of them being that "death comes in threes," so she starts worrying about who's going to die next.

In Bessie's mind her great-grandmother's dire prophecy comes true when someone close to her passes on shortly before she graduates from Dorland Institute and when someone she truly cherishes dies soon after. These tragic deaths increase her anger at her father for letting Death in the first time.

This latter tragedy changes the family as each struggles to come to terms with their loss. Since Bessie had always idolized her Papa and this is changing him, it's hard for her to like who he is becoming. Then when he makes a decision that brings Death back, her feelings for him harden.

What does her father do that is so terrible? Does Bessie ever come to terms with it and recapture her love for him? What happens when Bessie is attracted to a young man she meets on another farm? He seems to be attracted to her, also, always staring at her when they occasionally bump into one another. Sensing his interest, Bessie keeps waiting for him to make the first move and gets pretty impatient at times. Why is he so slow in expressing his desire to court her? Do they ever get together?

And just what is a "whistling woman" and what does the hen Bessie's holding on the cover of this book signify?

These talented authors answer most of these questions in this book, but... Well, I can't tell you how it ends. You will have to read for yourself! But I can tell you that all the characters came alive for me; I really cared what happened to them.

Although both authors are better known for fiction and this is their first nonfiction venture, I must say: It's very well written, flowed easily and was hard to put down. What more can I say, except that this book SCREAMS for a sequel. Write fast, Christy Tillery French and Caitlyn Hunter. I'm dying to know more about that "next person" in Bessie's life.

Endnote: Special thanks to the authors' father, Raymond Earl "John" Tillery, for relating these stories to his daughters when young and for painting the photo of his Aunt Bessie for the cover of this book.

Reviewed by Betty Dravis, March 21, 2012
Author of award-winning "1106 Grand Boulevard"

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Catherine Leach

Fascinating story

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 5 febbraio 2013

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Most interesting record of American history. I am going to read the others in their sequence.Very interesting that it was written by two sisters about their aunts experience.

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Di Degenhardt

brilliant, caused a few tears to flow

Recensito in Australia il 3 giugno 2015

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brilliant, caused a few tears to flow, beautifully written as all the Appalachian journey books, cant wait for number 4

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patrick e bates

Entertaining Narrative

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 26 settembre 2013

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What to say about "Whistling Woman"? It's not history although there are some references to historical events. It's a first-person narrative about the lifestyles and interactions of Appalachian families in the late 1800s in the mountains of North Carolina. It was an interesting and quite entertaining read even though I usually steer away from first-person accounts or novels. I usually find it difficult to "put myself into the role", and I usually find it distracting/annoying. The same or worse can be said when that narrator is a woman ...being make, it's doubly difficult for me to assume that role.

That first-person narrative tense is the reason I gave the novel a four-star rating - I did like it and it was better than "just okay", just not enough to give it a five-star rating. But at the same time, it's a testiment to the talents of the authors that kept me from putting the book down and selecting something else to read.

The novel was interesting and entertaining enough to continue ...then suddenly I fould myself at the end of the story. I would say that if you have any interest in the region or the early life of settlers, it's worth checking out. The writing is cetainly good enough to keep one interested.

Patrick

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