![]() ![]() Pea’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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