Avid Bookshop Book Review of Whistling Past the Graveyard

Like many other Southern booksellers, I was quite taken with Whistling Past the Graveyard and it will be a staff pick when it’s released this summer.

I got so attached to the strong female characters in this quintessentially Southern novel. Truth be told: I’m sometimes wary of Civil Rights-era novels focusing on race and written by white women (think THE HELP, which I in fact really liked), but Crandall is a strong storyteller with genuine empathy, not that special brand of Southern ‘bless her heart’ condescension, for her characters. A fast-paced story that will leave readers quite satisfied.