Wednesday 18 May 2011

The Bride's Farewell

By Meg Rosoff
The Bride's Farewell is about a young girl called Pell. She is engaged to Birdie, who was in a occupation involving horses. They plan to be the happily married couple when Birdie says to her: 'a house full of kids.' Pell herself had many sisters and has seen first-hand by her mother what it would do to her, leading her to have a change of heart.

Pell leaves her wedding dreass layed out on her bed and leaves home. Whilst gathering her horse, Pell sees bean, her younger, muted brother. Bean refuses to go home, and so pell's plans are complicated by her brother coming along.

She is going to Salisbury Horse Fair to escape her marridge in the knowledge that Birdie would marry one of her younger sisters. And with bean in hand, they make a long tiresome journey with complications along the way until Pell finds out something devastating...

i liked this book because it showed what married life was like many years ago and how young girls reacted to it. Pell seemed to be a strong character but caring at the same time. She also doesn't want to end up like her mother, stressed from so many children, and wants to live a happy, full life.

I liked this book a lot but I prefer other books as I like a lot of drama and i thought that there was a bit more needed as I found it fairly slow at the beginning but it did pick up the pace. I probably wouldn't buy it if I was offered a more exciting book. However, I really enjoyed it!

By Emily
Year 7

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