5/29/2023 0 Comments The Night Rainbow by Claire KingPea’s father has died in an accident and Maman, burdened by her double grief and isolated from the village by her Englishness, has retreated to a place where Pea cannot reach her – although she tries desperately to do so. Her mother is too sad to take care of them she left her happiness in the hospital, along with the baby. This hauntingly beautiful novel is set in France, five-year-old Pea and her little sister Margot play alone in the meadow behind their house, on the edge of a small village in Southern France. It captures not only the world of a child, but also the world of adults and how they affect those who are too young to understand. Which is why The Night Rainbow is such a good book. The innocent, yet wise, thoughts of a child can be hard to capture. Books written from a child’s point of view can go horribly wrong.
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