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I read this book a number of years ago. I enjoyed it just as much now as I did before, but have a couple misgivings. This story is set in the 1940's, and follows the teen years and early adult years of Sara Louise Bradshaw. Sara Louise has grown up in the shadow of her fraternal twin sister Caroline, who is beautiful, gregarious, and musically talented. The family lives in a small island community in the Chesapeake Bay. Caroline is extremely popular in this setting, and Sara Louise feels less-than. Their parents are kind, loving and understanding, if not a little passive. The difficulty is that the girl's paternal grandmother lives with them. Grandma is caustic, bitter, mean-spirited and just hateful. Growing up with her would give anyone psychological issues! I can't understand why these nice parents allow this cruel woman to live in their home and harrass everyone. There are very few boundaries. This is evidenced not only by their grandmother's free reign, but also Caroline's take-over ways. She has been allowed to ride roughshod over Sara Louise, and this continues throughout the book. Caroline gets her way constantly, often at Sara Louise's expense. She horns in on Sara Louise's friendships and plans. Meanwhile, Grandma grows crazier as the years pass. She begins to compare the twins to Jacob and Esau in the Bible, implying that Caroline is the chosen one, and Sara Louise is hated by God. This causes Sara-Louise to turn her back on God and her faith. She grows up to discover that her parents do value her, and that she has been the one holding herself back. She goes to college, becomes a nurse, marries, and settles in the Appalachia mountains. She is happy in her life, and has made peace with her past. Sadly, the only part of it she doesn't make peace with is God. That was a disappointment. I'm not sure if the author was trying to give a message against faith. The book demonstrates a strong knowledge of both Catholic and Protestant beliefs. I dislike how the grandmother knows the Bible so well, but uses it as a weapon. Still an enjoyable read.


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Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson 9780380564996 Books Reviews

The book is wonderful, but the paperback is of poor quality - not a problem of the seller but of the publisher.
my favorite childhood book, glad I was able to find it!
I read this when I was younger and re-reading it now, it still held some of it's appeal. The characters, plot, and setting are all interesting; they just don't write books like this one much any more. I did find Sarah Louise "Wheeze" just a tad bit overdone on the poor-me-I'm-a-martyr thing, which made her hard to like sometimes. But easy to identify with, in some other ways. Anyway it's a quick read and not bad.
Real characters, feelings, struggles, & life issues make this a real gem of a book. Yes, it's geared in many ways to a younger female audience. But Ms. Paterson has successfully created something special for young & old, alike. I would share this with my daughter or granddaughters.
Every time I read this book, I feel more emotions. Especially now, as an adult who knows a pair of twins whose lives uncannily resemble Louise and Caroline's.
It is a story worth reading but it disappoints overall. Spends way too much time on the childhood of the main character and not enough time in her adulthood. In my mind, some issues are left unresolved. The locale, an island in the Chesapeake Bay, is dealt with very well and really brings home life on the island of Rass. I liked the main character, Sara Louise (Wheeze), and wished to learn more about her as a midwife in an Appalachian Mountain town of Truitt. Maybe in another book???
Paterson captures the inner turmoil and hurt of the lesser-loved, plainer, and less-obviously gifted twin, Sara Louise ("Wheezy"), growing up on a remote island in the Chesapeake Bay in the 1940s. Caroline, her musically talented, beautiful, and spoiled sister has stolen the spotlight ever since birth, having been born fragile and sickly. Boredom, longing, psychic pain, and rage are exquisitely described yet there is humor - especially in the protagonist's interactions with McCall, the dunderheaded boy with whom Sara Louise shares many adventures. In the end, though Sara Louise is thwarted from her ideal career (due to being female ), she achieves one she can be proud of along with - at long last - love and acceptance in her personal life. I enjoy how this author is able to detail her characters's feelings with depth, intensity, and great honesty.
I read this book a number of years ago. I enjoyed it just as much now as I did before, but have a couple misgivings. This story is set in the 1940's, and follows the teen years and early adult years of Sara Louise Bradshaw. Sara Louise has grown up in the shadow of her fraternal twin sister Caroline, who is beautiful, gregarious, and musically talented. The family lives in a small island community in the Chesapeake Bay. Caroline is extremely popular in this setting, and Sara Louise feels less-than. Their parents are kind, loving and understanding, if not a little passive. The difficulty is that the girl's paternal grandmother lives with them. Grandma is caustic, bitter, mean-spirited and just hateful. Growing up with her would give anyone psychological issues! I can't understand why these nice parents allow this cruel woman to live in their home and harrass everyone. There are very few boundaries. This is evidenced not only by their grandmother's free reign, but also Caroline's take-over ways. She has been allowed to ride roughshod over Sara Louise, and this continues throughout the book. Caroline gets her way constantly, often at Sara Louise's expense. She horns in on Sara Louise's friendships and plans. Meanwhile, Grandma grows crazier as the years pass. She begins to compare the twins to Jacob and Esau in the Bible, implying that Caroline is the chosen one, and Sara Louise is hated by God. This causes Sara-Louise to turn her back on God and her faith. She grows up to discover that her parents do value her, and that she has been the one holding herself back. She goes to college, becomes a nurse, marries, and settles in the Appalachia mountains. She is happy in her life, and has made peace with her past. Sadly, the only part of it she doesn't make peace with is God. That was a disappointment. I'm not sure if the author was trying to give a message against faith. The book demonstrates a strong knowledge of both Catholic and Protestant beliefs. I dislike how the grandmother knows the Bible so well, but uses it as a weapon. Still an enjoyable read.