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From: Nina Lindsay <linds_na>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:06:02 -0800 (PST)
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Cathy Sullivan Seblonka wrote:
I think the trauma was not over the loss of the finger, but the loss of trust between brother and sister. Some parents are simply more protective than others. And by the time we open the book and enter the story, the silence has been building for years ... Ian probably resentful that his sister was so harsh on him ... neither speaking to the other ... it probably became easier for them psychologically to lose each other completely than to try and regain their relationship.
Nina (who might be *slightly* biased because there's a Nina in the story)
Nina Lindsay, Children's Librarian Melrose Branch, Oakland Public Library 4805 Foothill Boulevard Oakland, CA 94601
(510)535V23 linds_na at oak2.ci.oakland.ca.us
Received on Mon 27 Dec 1999 07:06:02 PM CST
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:06:02 -0800 (PST)
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Cathy Sullivan Seblonka wrote:
I think the trauma was not over the loss of the finger, but the loss of trust between brother and sister. Some parents are simply more protective than others. And by the time we open the book and enter the story, the silence has been building for years ... Ian probably resentful that his sister was so harsh on him ... neither speaking to the other ... it probably became easier for them psychologically to lose each other completely than to try and regain their relationship.
Nina (who might be *slightly* biased because there's a Nina in the story)
Nina Lindsay, Children's Librarian Melrose Branch, Oakland Public Library 4805 Foothill Boulevard Oakland, CA 94601
(510)535V23 linds_na at oak2.ci.oakland.ca.us
Received on Mon 27 Dec 1999 07:06:02 PM CST
