- Paperback: 88 pages
- Publisher: Red Fox; New edition edition (18 Mar 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099107511
- ISBN-13: 978-0099107514
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Journey refuses to believe his mother will not come back. Seeking evidence of happier times, he tries to piece together the pictures she tore up before she went away. And he studies the photographs his grandfather now takes as the older man attempts to provide the boy with a family and a past. In the process, Journey finds that the camera is a means of seeing things the naked eye has missed - things such as the inevitability of his mother's departure and the love that still binds his family together.
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MY GRANDFATHER is belly down in the meadow with his camera, taking a close-up of a cow pie. Read the first page
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Thrilling !!
6 Dec 2001
Format:Paperback
Journey comes from a disfunctional family.His mum left him and his older sister,Cat with his grandparents.His father left when he was not even born.Journey misses his mum and longs for her to come back.I feel pity for him as his parents dumped him when he was a boy.When I read this book,I was so angry with his mother that I could have beaten her up in real life.His grandfather takes many photos of them and the surroundings.So,when they are grownup,they can have something to remind themselves about the past.Journey's mum tore up all their photos of the past.What an irresponsible mum! I wish I could pound her to pieces like what she did to the photos.I must consider myself the most luckiest girl in the whole world.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Short but sweet
18 Mar 2006
Format:Paperback
Journey, by Patricia MacLachlan, is one of those books that can only be described as short but sweet. This 83 paged novel is jam-packed with deep meaning. Though, I thought it ended too quickly and the meaning was somewhat lost.
My opinion is that this book was a bit dull. There was no big surprises and the book was quite predictable. However, this novel is still worth reading. The characters are well developed and you can really connect with them.
By now you're probably wondering, what is this meaning? This book is about a young boy trying to deal with his mother's leaving. Journey's mother walked out on him and his sister, leaving them no address or phone number. His father had left them before Journey was old enough to remember. Journey is confused at first about why his mother left. His family all know the reason she left but keep it hidden from Journey. He discovers the astounding truth about his mother and finds a contentment in the end.
My opinion is that this book was a bit dull. There was no big surprises and the book was quite predictable. However, this novel is still worth reading. The characters are well developed and you can really connect with them.
By now you're probably wondering, what is this meaning? This book is about a young boy trying to deal with his mother's leaving. Journey's mother walked out on him and his sister, leaving them no address or phone number. His father had left them before Journey was old enough to remember. Journey is confused at first about why his mother left. His family all know the reason she left but keep it hidden from Journey. He discovers the astounding truth about his mother and finds a contentment in the end.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
RECLAIMING HIS FAMILY HERITAGE
19 Jun 2007
Format:Paperback
Eleven-year-old Journey feels betrayed by his absent parents--especially by the recent, breezy departure of his immature mother . Raised without a father he and his older sister, Cat, rely on their understanding grandparents to provide a true home and stable family life. When letters containing (guilt) money arrive irregularly, Journey secretly cherishes a dream that someday he will use his share to locate Mama. He is too young or too stubborn to accept reality: that she has a soul for wanderlust--for she always was itching to be on the road.
One day his long-suffering grandfather discovers an old camera
and quickly becomes a regular household nuisance--snapping photos of
unsuspecting family members at their daily routine. When a stray cat
surprisingly takes up residence in their house, then proceeds to make a nest in a box of old photos, Journey becomes haunted by the questions
raised by the torn-up images. The past which he never knew has been brought to light but in frustrating tatters.
Who robbed him of his babyhood? He studies the mysterious identity of baby's unattached hand and another fragment of a man's shirt front, until he develops a grudging respect for the photographer's art.
Devastated by the degree of wanton cruelty and callous indifference of his long-departed mother Journey suddenly recognizes her selfish lifestyle for what it is--and for what it never will be. Will he ever come to terms with Liddie's desertion of her own children? How will this tortured boy recover his stolen family heritage or find peace in his parentless home? Can grandparents ever replace the biological role models which a child has a right to expect? This is an introspective book which is both short and intense--an emotional journey in Time, rather than in Space, as a boy wrestles with the world as it is, not as it Should be.
One day his long-suffering grandfather discovers an old camera
and quickly becomes a regular household nuisance--snapping photos of
unsuspecting family members at their daily routine. When a stray cat
surprisingly takes up residence in their house, then proceeds to make a nest in a box of old photos, Journey becomes haunted by the questions
raised by the torn-up images. The past which he never knew has been brought to light but in frustrating tatters.
Who robbed him of his babyhood? He studies the mysterious identity of baby's unattached hand and another fragment of a man's shirt front, until he develops a grudging respect for the photographer's art.
Devastated by the degree of wanton cruelty and callous indifference of his long-departed mother Journey suddenly recognizes her selfish lifestyle for what it is--and for what it never will be. Will he ever come to terms with Liddie's desertion of her own children? How will this tortured boy recover his stolen family heritage or find peace in his parentless home? Can grandparents ever replace the biological role models which a child has a right to expect? This is an introspective book which is both short and intense--an emotional journey in Time, rather than in Space, as a boy wrestles with the world as it is, not as it Should be.
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