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Cargando... I Go By Sea, I Go By Land (1941)por P. L. TRAVERS
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. NA The story, told in diary form, of two English children forced to the United States by World War II. Apparently based on an actual diary, the book gives the perspective of young Sabrina Lind as she crosses the Atlantic on an ocean liner, then moves in with an American friend of her mother's. From the perspective of 75 years later, it's a wistful look back - not only to a simpler time, but also to the interests and thoughts of an eleven-year-old girl. The story does have a ring of truth to it. I doubt if even in those halcyon years of education, where seventh-graders are annoyed that they aren't getting enough Latin, that anyone could be as articulate as Sabrina. But Travers adds enough detail, while still retaining the odd spelling and punctuation that you might expect, to make a very compelling read. Now if you're looking for the Hunger Games, look elsewhere. Even the action and excitement of Mary Poppins is lacking in this dreamy memoir. Not that it's all fun and games. The fear and terror of the children's hometown being bombed by the Luftwaffe, even from afar, is distinct and clear. But let yourself come back to the mind of a child, where everything is exciting and new, and you will enjoy this poignant reminiscence. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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'James and I stayed on at home and everything was quiet and sunny and we got to thinking the war would never come after all . . . Just when we were so sure nothing would happen, the German plane came over. It came over one night at one o'clock in the morning and the sound was quite different from an English plane and we all woke up. You could hear it drumming and drumming like a big bee in a flower, buroom, buroom, buroom, round and round in the air above the house. Then suddenly there were five loud explosions. After that there was a terrible silence and I knew that Father and Mother were looking at each other in the darkness and I felt myself getting small and tight inside. Then Father said quietly, "Meg, they must go!"' Now I am going to write a Diary because we are going to America because of the War. It has just been decided. I will write down everything about it because we shall be so much older when we come back that I will never remember it if I do not. So this is the beginning. Oh, please let us come back soon, please.' This is the fictional diary of Sabrina Lind, an eleven-year-old English girl who, with her little brother James, is sent on the long voyage across the sea to her aunt in America. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)940.53161History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- World War II Social, political, economic history; HolocaustClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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