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Book Review
Reviewed by Abi Nettleton
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Published by The Trumpet Club
 | This book takes place in the late 19th century where a
widowed mid-western farmer with two children-Anna and Caleb—advertises for
a wife. (Funny, a mail ordered wife) |
| Sarah arrives but she gets homesick from Maine, especially for the
Ocean which she misses greatly. The children come to really love her and
fear she will not stay, and one day when she goes off to town alone, young
Caleb, whose mother died during childbirth, is stricken with fear that she
has gone for good. But she returns with colored pencils to draw for them the
beauty of Main, and to explain that, though she misses her home, "the
truth is that I would miss you more." This book gently explores many
themes of abandonment, loss and love. I liked this book because it really
was a love story that the reader is able to watch but the love story is so
special in that it is nothing physical just good true love that really
matters. Too many books today don’t show real true love. This book cannot
fail to touch its readers. |
| Available from Barnes
and Noble |
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