SELINA'S NEW FAMILY

by Anne Pilgrim ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 17, 1967

When her widowed mother remarries, Selina Gilruth, fourteen but young for her age, must adjust to the move from Liverpool to Ireland and accept a stepfather and stepbrother. Her brooding presence shortens the family honeymoon; she never admits being pleased with her newly decorated room; she even avoids responding to her stepbrother's dog. But there's no chance the gloom will continue for long because the new family is just too nice to resist (but not too nice to believe), and apologies are stammered and accepted with relief. Selina's ambivalence (""I hate having to be grateful"") is justifiable but over-justified, resulting in overt expression (""a voice said in her mind"") where subtle treatment would render her frustration more evocatively. A glossary and map may help readers as unfamiliar with the new country as Silina. Nothing to write home about but something to think about if so much had not already been written.

Pub Date: Nov. 17, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Abelard-Schuman

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION