Bainbridge readers look at Doig novel

Published 10:50 am Sunday, November 23, 2014

The Waterfront Book Group will talk about “The Whistling Season” by Ivan Doig at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the Waterfront Park Community Center.

“Can’t cook but doesn’t bite.” So begins the newspaper ad offering the services of an “A-1 housekeeper, sound morals, exceptional disposition” that draws the attention of widower Oliver Milliron in the fall of 1909. A paean to a way of life that has long since vanished, “The Whistling Season” is Doig at his evocative best.

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