Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Read it for the first time as an adult. Takes place on the prairie, where "Papa," aka Jacob, and his two children, Anna and Caleb, are getting to know a woman named Sarah.
First of all, it's written in a really lovely way. The author really conveys the children's feeling of longing and love.
Sarah is kind of a mail-order bride. She corresponds a bit with the father in the story and the kids before "coming to visit," and it's clear she can leave if she wants, but her hometown in Maine is pretty far from the prairie. Since the story is told from the perspective of the children, we have no idea if the father in the story actually woos Sarah in any discernible way. He does treat her with the utmost respect though, which is not totally reciprocated by her, but well.
Sarah is really obsessed with the ocean. I know a lot of people love the ocean, but if she loved it so much, couldn't she find a man anywhere on the entire East Coast? Plus, her beloved aunts and everything and everyone she's ever known? Certainly there might be a good reason to leave Maine, but why not correspond with some bachelors in, say, Virginia?
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