Listening to Crickets is the story of a grandfather telling his grandson about his life as a sharecropper in Mississippi and his escape from sharecropping to a better way of life. In the process of telling this story the grandfather imparts lessons about life, love, faith, hope, angels and God. It is based on a true story as told to me by my mother. The names of all family members involved are true. The name Gilmore was substituted for the name of the actual land owner.