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[(Eidi )] [Author: Bodil Bredsdorff] [Oct-2009]
May 3, 2019
Danish children's author Bodil Bredsdorff does it again in Eidi, the second book in her Children of Crow Cove series. Every bit as powerful as the first installment, The Crow-Girl, it follows the story of the eponymous Eidi, who, having come to Crow Cove in the first book, as part of Myna's improvised family, begins to think of leaving, and making her own way in the world. Setting out with little but her fantastically worked scarf - a advertisement, in those times, of a young woman's work, and a signal that she was open to employment - she eventually finds herself in a far town, taking an abused young orphan under her wing, and by so doing, discovering something surprising about herself.
With such a similar storyline - in both books, the heroine leaves Crow Cove, driven forth by a change in family circumstance (the death of Crow Girl's grandmother, the birth of Eidi's young half-brother), and finds herself "adopting" the stray(s) she encounters - this could very easily have felt like a formulaic reworking of the original. But though there are undeniable parallels, both structurally and stylistically, Eidi felt as fresh and true as the first, giving a nuanced portrait of a young person's conflicted dealings wi
With such a similar storyline - in both books, the heroine leaves Crow Cove, driven forth by a change in family circumstance (the death of Crow Girl's grandmother, the birth of Eidi's young half-brother), and finds herself "adopting" the stray(s) she encounters - this could very easily have felt like a formulaic reworking of the original. But though there are undeniable parallels, both structurally and stylistically, Eidi felt as fresh and true as the first, giving a nuanced portrait of a young person's conflicted dealings wi
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The Crow-Girl: Description Children pills Crow Cove
May 14, 2018
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The Crow Girl and Eidi, by Bodil Bredsdorff (US editions 2004 and 2009, respectively, Farrar Straus Giroux, middle grade)
The Crow Girlbeings at the edge of an ocean, long ago and far away. A girl and her grandmother are the last two people left in a tiny village, barely managing to stay alive with what can be scavenged from the sea. When her grandmother dies, the girl leaves home to find work, following the direction taken by two crows. In the world beyond her home, she encounters people of all sorts...and some, brought together by their loneliness and need, become her family. The little band of children, and one young man and one young woman, go back to Crow Cove together, to live in the haven it offers.
When the sequel, Eidi, begins, a new baby is being born in Crow Cove. And Eidi, the oldest girl in the little clan, feels like her home is too small to share with him. So she sets off to find work, weaving wool for a kind shepherd who was introduced in the first book. An accident on the way to market means that Eidi and the shepherd will have to stay in town much longer than expected. There she finds work weaving for the richest man in town, and there she finds herself falling into the role of protector for the abused and underfed boy whom he hates.
These books are beautif
The Crow Girlbeings at the edge of an ocean, long ago and far away. A girl and her grandmother are the last two people left in a tiny village, barely managing to stay alive with what can be scavenged from the sea. When her grandmother dies, the girl leaves home to find work, following the direction taken by two crows. In the world beyond her home, she encounters people of all sorts...and some, brought together by their loneliness and need, become her family. The little band of children, and one young man and one young woman, go back to Crow Cove together, to live in the haven it offers.
When the sequel, Eidi, begins, a new baby is being born in Crow Cove. And Eidi, the oldest girl in the little clan, feels like her home is too small to share with him. So she sets off to find work, weaving wool for a kind shepherd who was introduced in the first book. An accident on the way to market means that Eidi and the shepherd will have to stay in town much longer than expected. There she finds work weaving for the richest man in town, and there she finds herself falling into the role of protector for the abused and underfed boy whom he hates.
These books are beautif