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I'd read "Sarah Plain and Tall" ages ago - and thought the movie adaptation was wonderful. Easier to do with a children's book. Short enough that the movie didn't really need to change anything, leave anything out. I remember thinking it was just the story brought to life. I need to watch it again. So simple, yet so touching. A mail-order bride success story, not only with the reticent husband, but with the two children.
Skylark was good - sad, as the families deal with the drought. Sara and the two children go back to Maine for a while to stay with Sara's family. It's green and rainy there. I did wonder when the husband traveled all that way to come get them and bring them home. Who watched the dogs?
How old were the dogs in the first book? It didn't say they were puppies. As several years (10+) pass (through all five books), yet the dogs are still around?
Glen Close, who portrays Sara in the movies, is the narrator. This makes sense for the first two books, even though they are actually 1st person from Anna's perspective. Glen Close has a wonderful singing voice! Having her narrate the third book ... while it keeps consistency, didn't totally work, because it was Caleb's perspective, 1st person. For me, if it is a boy/man in 1st person, I really need the narrator to be a boy/man (I can deal if it's 3rd person). We'd heard about a new baby at the end of Skylark, and here Cassie is a few years old. Grandfather also enters the scene.
The audiobook collection I got from the library only had the first three books, but I was able to find the next one - More Perfect Than The Moon, in audio separately. Again, Glenn Close narrates. This time, it's Cassie's POV, still 1st person. Again, while I adore Glen Close as narrator, and it keeps the consistency of the story, and Sarah's voice ... it also makes Cassie too much like Anna. I wonder if I would have liked a different voice just for that reason.
The fifth and final book, I couldn't find in audio, so I just read it. These all have the same feel. Super simple and straight-forward. A little like Sara, plain ... but wonderful. At the end of the 4th book, there was another baby, a "terrible baby" (as Cassie was not ready for such a change, and it's from her POV). The 5th book is still 1st person from Cassie's POV. It's another wedding ... Anna and Justin. There were lots of J names ... Justin, Joshua, Jack, John. Loved little Jack calling Grandfather "Boppa"
I'm very glad I was able to come back to Sara, and continue on with the saga. A story is never complete (in that the characters lives will live on in imagination) but I was glad to be able to read what was written. Ahhh.
Skylark was good - sad, as the families deal with the drought. Sara and the two children go back to Maine for a while to stay with Sara's family. It's green and rainy there. I did wonder when the husband traveled all that way to come get them and bring them home. Who watched the dogs?
How old were the dogs in the first book? It didn't say they were puppies. As several years (10+) pass (through all five books), yet the dogs are still around?
Glen Close, who portrays Sara in the movies, is the narrator. This makes sense for the first two books, even though they are actually 1st person from Anna's perspective. Glen Close has a wonderful singing voice! Having her narrate the third book ... while it keeps consistency, didn't totally work, because it was Caleb's perspective, 1st person. For me, if it is a boy/man in 1st person, I really need the narrator to be a boy/man (I can deal if it's 3rd person). We'd heard about a new baby at the end of Skylark, and here Cassie is a few years old. Grandfather also enters the scene.
The audiobook collection I got from the library only had the first three books, but I was able to find the next one - More Perfect Than The Moon, in audio separately. Again, Glenn Close narrates. This time, it's Cassie's POV, still 1st person. Again, while I adore Glen Close as narrator, and it keeps the consistency of the story, and Sarah's voice ... it also makes Cassie too much like Anna. I wonder if I would have liked a different voice just for that reason.
The fifth and final book, I couldn't find in audio, so I just read it. These all have the same feel. Super simple and straight-forward. A little like Sara, plain ... but wonderful. At the end of the 4th book, there was another baby, a "terrible baby" (as Cassie was not ready for such a change, and it's from her POV). The 5th book is still 1st person from Cassie's POV. It's another wedding ... Anna and Justin. There were lots of J names ... Justin, Joshua, Jack, John. Loved little Jack calling Grandfather "Boppa"
I'm very glad I was able to come back to Sara, and continue on with the saga. A story is never complete (in that the characters lives will live on in imagination) but I was glad to be able to read what was written. Ahhh.