Review: Heartwarming, Heartbreaking, Heartfelt.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2012
And The Whippoorwill SangByMicki PelusoI would give Micki Peluso's book ten stars if I could. This is a genuine slice of Americana served up with all the love, pain, and laughter of a working class American family. Micki and Butch are married at seventeen and proceed to have six beautiful, healthy children, almost one a year. Unable to find work, Butch becomes a bartender and leaves the raising of the children to Micki. Unhappy with the way things are going, Micki, with her indomitable pioneering spirit, persuades her husband to leave everything on the East Coast and head for Las Vegas. They travel in a camper with six kids and a dog. This trip alone will keep you laughing for hours. The funny stories about their friends, their kids, and their kid's friends are also hilarious. The constant struggle to keep the family fed, clothed and schooled is not unlike that which most of us have had to deal with throughout our lives but Micki does it with aplomb, aided by a fabulous sense of humor.  Suddenly life hits Micki and Butch in the very core of their being when one of their beloved children is hit by a drunk driver, and her spine is severed. You can feel Micki's pain as she waits in the emergency room for word from the doctor. You can feel the love and support of her family and friends, but Micki is inconsolable. This incredible story took me through a range of emotions unlike any I have ever felt from a book.  I want to thank Micki for sharing her life, her sorrow, her grief, and her children with us and my prayers are with the whole family, because this kind of loss never goes away.Mary Firmin, author