The Eyes Of The Amaryllis
Natalie Babbit (author)
Macmillan, UK: 1977; 240pp
ISBN: 9780312370084
Genres: adventure
Issues: aging, communication, grief/loss
American Library Association Notable Children's Books
New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Books of the Year
Young Genevieve Reid is sent to look after her namesake grandmother by the sea, when her grandmother breaks her ankle.
Old Genevieve's husband's ship was sucked, whole, into the sea, some thirty years previously. The widow has spent her life waiting for a sign that her husband lives his own ghostly life in the depths, and she brings her granddaughter to believe in and help her search for that sign.
But in this kind of struggle, only the sea can win.
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