Brugman, Alyssa. Finding Grace.BRUGMAN, Alyssa. Finding Grace. Random House, Laurel Leaf. 227p. c2004. 0-440-23833-1. $6.50. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2004: Rachel is graduating from high school when she meets Alistair Preston. He is an imposing man who later slips Rachel a classified ad for a caregiver ("carer carer Noun a person who looks after someone who is ill or old, often a relative: the group offers support for the carers of those with dementia carer n → "), for a woman with a severe brain injury. Rachel takes the job and after several weeks realizes that she knows nothing about Grace, the woman for whom she is now responsible. Finding a box of letters hidden in a bookcase bookcase Piece of furniture fitted with shelves, formerly often enclosed by doors. In early times the ambry, or wall cupboard, was used to hold books. Bookcases were included in the medieval fittings of college libraries in Britain. , Rachel seeks to find out more about this woman and how she came to be in this condition. The novel is set in Australia, so language, place names, and popular references will not be familiar to American readers. There is some adult language, though it is not used by the main characters. Grace's neighbors are rude people who use language, and a boot, as a weapon. The elderly men from down the street become Rachel's friends when they stop in to check on Grace and Grace's cat, Prickles. During the course of the novel, Rachel starts college at the "uni Uni (  `nē), fl. c.2325 B.C., Egyptian official of the VI dynasty. His career is known through his private inscription. ," and meets a
Taiwanese cello cello or 'cello: see violin. cello or violoncello Bowed, stringed instrument, the bass member of the violin family. Its full name means “little violone”—i.e., “little big viol. player, Harold. By the end of the novel, she becomes accustomed to the blank look in Grace's eyes and gradually works to allow Grace the finer experiences in life, as Mr. Preston has asked her to do. There is some slapstick slapstick Comedy characterized by broad humour, absurd situations, and vigorous, often violent action. It took its name from a paddlelike device, probably introduced by 16th-century commedia dell'arte troupes, that produced a resounding whack when one comic actor used it to comedy along with poignant moments as Rachel comes to learn about herself while she cares for a woman who cannot tell her own story. Janis Flint-Ferguson, Assoc. Prof., English, Gordon College There are three colleges named Gordon College:
J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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