A High Wind In Jamaica

[poliphilo]

A book about children, but not a children's book. Adults mainly forget what it feels like to be a child- perhaps because most of it is so embarrassing-  but Hughes remembered- and remembered unsparingly. Also it's beautifully written- the earthquake and the hurricane are fabulous- and there are pirates in it. 

I read it in half a day. I don't often do that.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We lived in Croydon (which is almost London) when I was a kid and I walked everywhere- often on my own- but I never had an experience quite like that.

[ooxc.livejournal.com]

Sorry - that was me.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I was pretty sure it was. :)