006282 Methuen London 1983 First U.K. Edition Dust Jacket Very Good 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Brown Cloth Very Good Light wear to jacket edges, pages clean, binding very good. When Mark's mother drowns at sea in unsual circumstances it is decided he should live with his grandparents in Sydney. Mark is estranged from his father, who has embarked on a new life without him, and alienated in an environment where people are kind and well-meaning but oblivious to the torment he feels over his mother's death. Had she chosen to disappear silently into the stormy sea or had she fallen overboard by accident? In his loneliness Mark is 'drawn by a kind of compulsion back to the sea, no matter how, for it was where his mother was, whether fathoms down or on widespread wings above... A strange confusion began to grow in his mind between the sea and home. Home is where one's mother is...' It is only when he meets Connie, who is confined to a wheelchair, that he finds someone with whom he can share his thoughts. Like Mark, but for different reasons, Connie longs to be liberated from her surroundings and she understands the mystical significance of the albatross that Mark had seen floating over the sea the morning after his mother's disappearance. For a brief and intense moment Mark and Connie share a communion with each other and nature, and from it Mark draws a new strength and sense of purpose. This powerful story, by the author of The Cats and other books, will touch young readers deeply. £5.00GBP
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