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The Eyes Of The Amaryllis

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EyeOfTheAmaryllisNatalie Babbit (author)

Macmillan, UK: 1977; 240pp

ISBN: 9780312370084

Genres: adventure

Issues: aging, communication, grief/loss

American Library Association Notable Children's Books

New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Books of the Year

Young Genevieve Reid is sent to look after her namesake grandmother by the sea, when her grandmother breaks her ankle.

 

Old Genevieve's husband's ship was sucked, whole, into the sea, some thirty years previously. The widow has spent her life waiting for a sign that her husband lives his own ghostly life in the depths, and she brings her granddaughter to believe in and help her search for that sign.

But in this kind of struggle, only the sea can win.

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