![]() ![]() An attractive, laconic heroine in an upbeat presentation of a most difficult subject. ![]() Meg's natural candor and muffled humor are encouraged by the neighbors-a seventy-ish gent who shares his camera and vitality, and an oddball, loving couple whose baby's birth (with Meg as house photographer) acids more than a pat "new life" contrast to Molly's approaching death. ![]() Individual personalities are established, integrated, and then tested when a worrisome development surfaces Molly requires hospitalization and extensive treatment, and Meg realizes she is losing more than a sparring partner. Recently relocated to an old country house so Dad can finish his book, she suffers familiar resentments-a shared room with sister Molly, fifteen and pretty-but enjoys photography and a rare trio of neighbors, all older and understanding. Meg Chalmers is a plucky thirteen-year-old, tongue-in-cheek and heart-on-sleeve, exploring her feelings with a careful balance of insight and insecurity. An appealing first novel-brisk, witty, affecting-involving a teenager's experience with an older sister's death from leukemia. ![]()
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