![]() ![]() They also know that a month is a long time, and she could change her mind. ![]() The children know that she could possibly be a new mother. ![]() “I am plain and tall.” She agrees to visit for one month just to see how things will be. She is very direct and honest about her abilities, likes, or appearance. Through her letters to Papa and eventually the children, Sarah begins to reveal herself. Papa reads a letter from a woman named Sarah who answers the advertisement. The story begins when Papa tells Anna and Caleb that he has advertised for a wife. He is definitely the kind of boy who is full of questions that some people might be afraid to ask or sometimes not willing to answer. She also knows very well all the changes in her family after her mother’s death and those days all seem like “winter days.” Caleb does not remember his mother but needs a connection with her. She is in a sense the memory caretaker of life before her mother’s death. Each character is waiting, tentatively looking to the future with hope for a new life as a family.Īnna tells the story of her family by recalling her own memories and making insightful observations. It is about another earnest heart searching for a place to entrust its love. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan is a story about three hearts that still grieve after the death of a wife and mother– hearts that yearn to be filled with love once again. “Do not be afraid, for she was set apart for you before the world existed.” Tobit 6:18 ![]()
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