Terror at the Sound of a Whistle by Caroline Shannon Davenport | Motivated Savages

Terror at the Sound of a Whistle

Terror at the Sound of a Whistle

by Caroline Shannon Davenport

Two children learn to process secrets, confront lost innocence, and develop emotional resilience amid flawed adult boundaries

ABOUT THE BOOK

Here, Caroline Davenport shares the intimacies of her childhood in post-war Ohio. She portrays a purely distinct household, several notches away from normal, strange yet familiar, and just beyond her storytelling, beyond the innocent horizon, we can infer all kinds of hardship and villainy.
Meanwhile, Caroline and her closest friend thrive in the luxurious imagination of pre-adolescence. As they attend school and learn how to dodge its worst lessons, they also acquire forbidden knowledge that weighs on and transforms their dreams. More than anything, this well-conceived memoir shows what children despise, what they hope for, what they do and say when adults aren’t looking.


Book Details:

  • Genre: Memoir & Personal Narrative, Coming-of-age Literary Memoir, Autobiographical Memoir
  • Format: eBook


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