Where The Lilies Bloom (52)

Where The Lilies Bloom
Vera & Bill Cleaver
Read 12/31/07

I grabbed this at the library book sale one day. I vaugly remember this as a movie.. The book is somewhat interesting. Basically a young family.. the mother has died a few years earlier, and the father is now dying. He makes the 14 yr old daughter (second oldest) not to let the family get broken up.. Which basically means not to let anybody know that the father died. Also to make sure the oldest daughter who is 18 does not marry the middle aged neighbor man.
The family tries to stick together and make due in the snow and cold with little money. They do their best to keep the people at bay and not let them know they are alone.

The book was interesting but wraps up very quickly in a tidy happy ending. What I wonder most is if this is based on a true story, or if it is all fictional.