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Loading... Missing May (1992)by Cynthia Rylant
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I read this one with my daughter, and it’s much more about grief than any other children’s book I’ve read. A young girl is adopted by an extended family member after her parents die, and then loses her new surrogate mother. I’d recommend the author’s book Gooseberry Park over this one, but will continue to try some of her other work. ( ) This book is beautifully written: the words are so carefully chosen and woven together that I was deeply touched multiple times. It's a quick read and I got the feeling that the author didn't exactly know how to finish it. I didn't care for the the eschatology described, but it does work with the characters' worldview and seems consistent there. It would be neat to visit with the two younger characters in fifteen years to see where they've gone and what they've done. no reviews | add a review
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After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living. No library descriptions found. |
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