- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd; New edition edition (8 Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0744560160
- ISBN-13: 978-0744560169
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 721,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Caleb can't remember Mama, who died the day after he was born. His older sister, Anna, tells him that Mama and Papa used to sing every day. Now Papa doesn't sing at all. Then one day Papa advertises for a wife and in the spring Sarah arrives plain and tall. But will she stay?
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Sarah grew up with the sea by her side. It is so much a part of her that when she has to leave it, she is deeply saddened. This is something I can relate to. I grew up in Cornwall, England, and the one thing I would say I miss most of all is being able to go down to the rocks when I feel sad, and watch the salt water slap against the granite. It is so calming. Sarah is obviously upset throughout the book, but deals with her homesickness by seeking similarities with the sea. She compares the ripples as the wind blows past the hillocks of wheat to the rolling waves of the ocean. Seeking similarities, and connections is a basic and reassuring trait of human beings. The writer cleverly intertwines the three strands of the story, the Mother's story, the family's and Sarah's, mixing the third person narrative with the letters. The descriptive language is both beautiful and soothing. We see the story from all sides, and so can contrast the isolation Sarah felt in the beginning with feelings of the children, who want nothing more than to see their father happy. We can see that there are strains on everyone, but that each of them finds a way of dealing with it. In a sense the children's upheavals at loosing their mother and the introduction of a stepmother, are the harshest, but they seem to manage to cope. Looking at Sarah's progression through the book, you can see how she moves from feeling like an outsider, to discovering a way of coping with her feelings, and we see her starting to feel happy again. This is a book which deal in themes that are common to many people. Loneliness, feeling left out, being homesick. The writer deals with these and other themes in a light hearted manner, making this a thoroughly readable and enjoyable book.
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