From: Gibson, Robin <rgibson>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 95 13:06:29 CST

Well, I just finished reading Walk Two Moons a few minutes ago. I
     wanted to finish before I read any CCBC messages about it! And having
     it still so fresh in my mind, I would like to comment on the ending.
     It wasn't a total surprise to me. I had a sinking feeling at several
     different times in the book -- after finding out about the regular
     postcards the mother had been sending to Sal, I thought to myself,
     gee, why would these just stop?? Even if she decided she didn't want
     to come back/wanted a divorce/or something of this nature, it was hard
     for me to imagine such a caring mother just not ever contacting her
     daughter again. There were a few other things - like on page 142, when
     they are approaching the Badlands, and the whispers in the air say
     "slow, slow, slow" instead of "hurry, hurry" and "rush, rush" -- I
     think this may have happened at another point in the book as well but
     I can't seem to find it right now. So I wasn't sure of the outcome - I
     couldn't have predicted it absolutely, but I wasn't totally surprised
     either. And with the grandmother there was lots of foreshadowing, I
     thought, although I also thought that she might be buried next to
     Sal's mom in that pretty place by the river with the singing tree.
     
     I'm looking forward to reading everyone else's responses!
     
     Robin Gibson
Received on Mon 03 Jul 1995 02:06:29 PM CDT