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AMY
AND ISABELLE A story about a mother-daughter relationship that was once good but now is troubled. This is real life stuff. It has been a really hot summer in the town Shirley Falls in New England. The citizens of the town are bothered because the crops were not right. The pole beans are small and shriveled on the vine, and the carrots were no bigger than a child's finger. Amy Goodrow and her mom Isabelle have even bigger problems, Amy has fallen in love with her high school math teacher Mr. Robertson, and the teacher has encouraged the relationship. The author makes you feel the summer heat as if you were there, but most of all you feel as if you are a helpless family member who cannot speak up or else mother or daughter will be angry. When Isabelle finds out about the relationship, she is too horrified to realize that her anger against Mr. Robertson is not as bad as the rage she feels for her daughter. I felt that the mother-daughter relationship could not of been that good if Isabelle had harder feeling for her daughter than she did for this adult teacher. He should have been dealt with very harshly. I could never take the stance that Isabelle took with Amy. |