The mother, who is incredibly superstitious, thinks Rose should go. Her older sister gets sick and looks to be on her way out of this life, when a giant white talking bear (go with it) shows up and says, “If you’ll give me Rose, Sara will live and, oh yeah, your life of penury will be over and you will all be rich and happy.”
The story is this: Rose is the eighth child of a farming family. Because, of course, I can’t be thinking too hard or anything. Also, it simplified my life to think of it as a Beauty and the Beast spin-off. Raise those eyebrows as high as you can). Looking at the Wikipedia entry on it, I can see some of the differences between East and the original (oh yeah, I went to grad school where we talked non-stop about judging the quality of websites, and I still turn to Wikipedia first thing. If you are, congratulations, you are far smarter than I am). 8 of 10: East is a solidly good book, although maybe a smidge too long.Įast by Edith Pattou is a retelling of the fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon (if you aren’t familiar with it, don’t worry, neither was I.
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