What readers are saying:
Celia H. Miles, Southern fiction author and editor:
This is family based fiction/history at its best...a story that keeps you reading, wondering, hoping, just as if you were there in the community of Hot Springs, NC.
Wendy Dingwall, Publisher and author:
[The] first sentence grabbed my interest right away...I like stories that offer inspiration and happy endings and this gave me both. I sure hope there’s another book coming about Bessie.
Sherry Cannon, reader:
This book will grab your attention from the first sentence and never let you down for the entire read.
Betty Dravis, Multi-genre author:
What more can I say, except that this book screams for a sequel.
Whistling Woman
“Death first touched my life on an early fall night in 1895 when Papa came home carrying a dead man in his arms.”
...a young woman’s journey of self-discovery in the mountains of western North Carolina during the waning years of the 19th century.
From the author:
Readers liken Whistling Woman to Wilma Dykeman’s The Tall Woman, Catherine Marshall’s Christy, and Laura Ingall Wilder’s Little House series with the southern charm of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
Take a journey back in time to the mountains of western North Carolina with this engaging page turner, CC Tillery’s debut novel, which combines historical detail, romance, action, “with a good solid story,” “colorful characters,” and a “talent for rich story telling.”
Celia H. Miles, Southern fiction author and editor:
This is family based fiction/history at its best...a story that keeps you reading, wondering, hoping, just as if you were there in the community of Hot Springs, NC.
Wendy Dingwall, Publisher and author:
[The] first sentence grabbed my interest right away...I like stories that offer inspiration and happy endings and this gave me both. I sure hope there’s another book coming about Bessie.
Sherry Cannon, reader:
This book will grab your attention from the first sentence and never let you down for the entire read.
Betty Dravis, Multi-genre author:
What more can I say, except that this book screams for a sequel.
“Death first touched my life on an early fall night in 1895 when Papa came home carrying a dead man in his arms.”
...a young woman’s journey of self-discovery in the mountains of western North Carolina during the waning years of the 19th century.
From the author:
Readers liken Whistling Woman to Wilma Dykeman’s The Tall Woman, Catherine Marshall’s Christy, and Laura Ingall Wilder’s Little House series with the southern charm of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
Take a journey back in time to the mountains of western North Carolina with this engaging page turner, CC Tillery’s debut novel, which combines historical detail, romance, action, “with a good solid story,” “colorful characters,” and a “talent for rich story telling.”
