Many Stones edition by Carolyn Coman Children eBooks
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A father and daughter confront each other and their own wounds in a land of loss and reconciliation.
Many Stones edition by Carolyn Coman Children eBooks
Another outstanding book by Coman. (I've read "What Jamie Saw" and "Tell Me Everything" as well.) This novel deals with the "new" South Africa, something I know about because I lived in South Africa from 1995 to 1998, during the beginning of democracy in a country torn apart by apartheid. Coman obviously has been to South Africa and spent some time there because all of her observations are right on the money: the friendly but blatant racism of some (not all) whites; the expressionless faces of most blacks; the descriptions of Jo'burg, Cape Town and Kruger Park. Her observations were uncanny. Then Coman compares the troubled main character, Berry, with South Africa--a difficult feat for any writer, but Coman pulls it off skillfully. The ending packs a punch with Berry stating her anger at her sister's death and recognizing the pain that many South Africans still carry from the apartheid years. What a book! I do recommend it only for older readers because some profanity is used as well as a reference to Berry's ongoing love affair with a "typical" American teenager.Product details
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Many Stones edition by Carolyn Coman Children eBooks Reviews
"Home? If I were there right now, I'd reach for my pile of stones." In this story, Berry Morgan uses stones as a relief method, by placing them on her stomach, especially since she has a tough family life. Her mother, who tutors mentally challenged kids how to read, write, and talk, is the only normal person in her family. Her father lives in California with his girlfriend, and her sister, Laura who was in South Africa helping the children down there.... Well, she is dead. She was brutally murdered, only a year before Barry and her father go to South Africa for her memorial service.
One day, Barry's Father turns-up at her home is Washington DC, and has asked Berry to come to South Africa with him for Laura's Memorial Service. Barry goes, but with a major chip on her shoulder. Barry has a major problem with her father barging in on her life and wanting her to come with him on an adventure in an unknown country. While they are there for 11 days, her father has planned a little more than just the memorial service. They go to Cape Town, Kruger National Park, and a little bed and breakfast. She is really snippy with her father, and they really don't get along together will at all. But as the trip goes on, the two of them learn their differences and get along better each day. This book is about how two people learn to get along better and as the days that they are together stacks up.. I would recommend this book for kids older than 12, and even adults, because it is a good book and I would reread it any time, that's how good it is.
Berry's older sister Laura wanted to make a difference in the world, to do something good for those less fortunate than she was. So she went to South Africa to teach and give of herself to those who needed her help. While there, she was murdered by a mugger. Berry and her parents never really got over it.
Now, almost two years later, there is going to be a memorial service for Laura and a monument to her will be unveiled in South Africa. Berry's mother can't make herself go to it. Ever since Laura's death it's like she's been missing a piece of herself. So Berry's father arranges to take her with him, to have a father-daughter bonding trip.
Berry is not happy about the arrangement. She and her father were never close, especially after her parents got divorced. Laura was obviously his favorite, the one who was smart and knowledgeable about politics. Berry was the disappointment. She feels like now she is even more of a disappointment, and is not eager to spend so much time alone with her father. Will their trip together help them to grow closer, or will it make even clearer to them their distance?
The family dynamic in this story was interesting. It was sad to see the ways Berry's family reacted to the death of her sister, but it seemed like they all reacted in realistic ways. I liked the details about life in Africa, from the people to the landscape to the tourist spots Berry and her father visited.
I didn't like the writing in this book. The narrative was stilted; I didn't feel like Berry was really giving her actual feelings. It seemed wooden and passionless to me.
My granddaughter loved it.
I read this with a student for a summer reading product, and we both found it to be boring. I would not recommend this book at all. I did not feel there was sufficient character development or much of a plot. It was difficult to get through.
Another outstanding book by Coman. (I've read "What Jamie Saw" and "Tell Me Everything" as well.) This novel deals with the "new" South Africa, something I know about because I lived in South Africa from 1995 to 1998, during the beginning of democracy in a country torn apart by apartheid. Coman obviously has been to South Africa and spent some time there because all of her observations are right on the money the friendly but blatant racism of some (not all) whites; the expressionless faces of most blacks; the descriptions of Jo'burg, Cape Town and Kruger Park. Her observations were uncanny. Then Coman compares the troubled main character, Berry, with South Africa--a difficult feat for any writer, but Coman pulls it off skillfully. The ending packs a punch with Berry stating her anger at her sister's death and recognizing the pain that many South Africans still carry from the apartheid years. What a book! I do recommend it only for older readers because some profanity is used as well as a reference to Berry's ongoing love affair with a "typical" American teenager.
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