Ending up young and with six children the story evolves. The story starts out with teenagers, Butch and Micki, eloping and their quickly growing family. Loved how the author wove their past into the story.Īn excellent story line the enthralls the reader. Through reading this book, I felt like I knew this family, like I grew up with th.Ī wonderfully written heart wrenching story of loss. The Peluso family is far from perfect (just like every other family) and Micki represented them in all their faults and failures, which made them all the more relatable and lovable. The thing that struck me most about this book was that is was a true-life tale that didn't hold back from raw honesty. Peluso's personal diary, in which she shared glimpses of her life from the time of her marriage through an awful loss for their family. It's a book that I believe showcases more than any other book I have read on the f. She keeps her promise to her daughter that her name will not be forgotten and that others will know her more as she lived than how she died. She does this while also describing her heartbreak facing a position no parent wants to ever be in with the coming loss of one of her children whose youth is torn away due to a strangers selfish decision. The author did a masterful job taking me on a journey through the history of her family interweaving the hard times with the light times. And The Whippoorwill Sang by Micki Peluso
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