Jacob Have I Loved ANNOTATION
Sarah Louise, who lives with her family on a Chesapeake Bay island, grows up feeling less important than her twin sister, until she finally begins to find her own identity.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Esau have I hated . . .
Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline has been the pretty one, the talented one, the better sister. Even now, Caroline seems to take everything: Louise's friends, their parents' love, her dreams for the future.
For once in her life, Louise wants to be the special one. But in order to do that, she must first figure out who she is . . . and find a way to make a place for herself outside her sister's shadow.
FROM THE CRITICS
New York Times Book Review
A novel of special brilliance.
AudioFile - Paul E. Ferrari
Sara Louise Bradshaw, or Wheeze, is a twin, but her sister is far brighter and prettier than she can ever hope to be. God, she thinks, has marked her with his especial disfavor, and in the lean times of the Depression, with little enough to go around, Sara Louise has just about the least. Nevertheless, she's a crabber on the Chesapeake and a good waterman's daughter with a fierce desire to make it in the world. Christina Moore reads Sara Louise's story with the same dogged energy and spite expressed by the author. Moore brings to vivid life Sara's droll friend, Coll, and her testy grandmother. But most of all, she manages to gracefully ease us into Sara Louise's joyous awakening when, after a life that has for so long seemed like a betrayal, light dawns at last. P.E.F. ﾽAudioFile, Portland, Maine
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