After reading about 20 more pages of Homecoming, I have finally finished it. The last thing I talked about in my previous blog was that the kids’ grandma wanted them to stay with her, but she thought she just didn’t have the resources to care for them. However, she decided that until she got word back from Cousin Eunice, the kids could stay with her. Because they all knew Cousin Eunice would take ages consulting everyone in her town whether she should take them in or not, Gram decided that they could go to school in her own town while they waited for an answer after Gram sent a letter to Cousin Eunice. So on a bright Monday morning, the Tillermans went into town to register for classes. While they were in town for the day, their grandma had a plan to mail her letter. When Dicey brought this up, she tore the letter up into a million pieces. The last words Gram said must have sounded like music to these travel weary children. She asked, “Ready to go home?”
At the end of this book, I feel so happy that the kids got a happy ending like they deserved. They had been through so much, so finding a place to call home must have been a relief. I realized that throughout the Tillerman’s visit to their grandma’s, she got increasingly friendly and sane. Therefore, I think that she will be better off in life when she comes home to these kids each day.
The new book I am reading, The Tender Years, by Janette Oke, has already proven to me to have a very interesting plot to it. However, when focusing on the author more and her titles, she has been noted for winning the 1992 ECPA President’s Award, the 1999 CBA Life Impact, the Gold Medallion Award, and the Christy Award for fiction.
The Tender Years varies greatly from Homecoming as far as their characters’ problems and personalities go. In The Tender Years, Virginia, a 14 year old girl living in the early 1900’s or so, is shown facing troubles like fudes with here friends or small quarrels with her parents. She is faced with problems as any teenage girl faces, but in a slightly different setting than these days.
One of my questions, however, is how Virginia’s story is going to meet up with the prolougue. Also, I wonder why Virginia cares so much to be in with the good graces of her “friend” Jenny. I’ve noticed that she seems to have changed from a girl that could hold her own and stand up for what she thought was right into a shy, upset girl, wanting the approval and acceptance of her peers around her. I guess I’ll just have to see how this story unravels.
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