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Jacob Have I Loved
- Narrated by: Moira Kelly
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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Jacob Have I Loved
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Publisher's Summary
Growing up on a tiny Chesapeake Bay island in the early 1940s, angry Louise reveals how Caroline robbed her of everything: her hopes for schooling, her friends, her mother, even her name. While everyone pampered Caroline, Wheeze (her sister's name for her) began to learn the ways of the watermen and the secrets of the island, especially of old Captain Wallace, who had mysteriously returned after 50 years.
The war unexpectedly gave this independent girl a chance to fulfill her childish dream to work as a watermen alongside her father. But the dream did not satisfy the woman she was becoming. Alone and unsure, Louise began to fight her way to a place where Caroline could not reach.
Renowned author Katherine Paterson here chooses a little-known area off the Maryland shore as her setting for a fresh telling of the ancient story of an elder twin's lost birthright.
What the critics say
- Newbery Medal, 1981
"A novel of special brilliance." ( New York Times Book Review)
"Simply irresistible." ( Publishers Weekly)