Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea - это захватывающая история о поисках собственного "я". Автор Майкл Морпурго написал книгу, полную красивых историй, которые показывают, как важно не бояться идти по собственному пути и искать свою цель в жизни. В книге автор описывает жизнь шестилетнего сироты Артура и его компаньона Марти после Второй мировой войны. Они вынуждены покинуть Англию и перебраться в Австралию, но они не теряют надежды найти свою семью и возвращаются к своей мечте - построить лодку для того, чтобы вернуться домой к Англии. Артур научился строить лодки, а также приложил много усилий, чтобы найти достойную жизнь и сблизиться со многими новыми людьми. Он видит красоту в каждом моменте и находит вдохновение в чужой жизни. Находит новый дом в сердцах людей, которых он встретил. Вместе с ним, мы пройдем через множество испытаний, обретем новых друзей и научимся преодолевать свои страхи, чтобы дать волю своим мечтам и стремлениям.
From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Children's Cozy Club comes this new journey into the soul and world of a young boy who lost everything at the end of the Second World War.
Set in Australia in 1946, Afterwards sees Arthur Hobhouse reminiscing about the family life he had and the life disrupted when his younger sister was sent to America and he was left behind to be brought up by a succession of foster families.
'So neatly put,' wrote Joss Whedon about Afterwards, 'it is profound, intimate, tender and fervent all at once'.
As book after book by Michael Morpurgo assembles the private lives and little known struggles of real children, readers and educators alike are able to truly see the world through their eyes, until it becomes clear how they survived: 'Anyone who has read (Afterwards) or heard the story will understand why we love and cherish living people so much more than things.
Электронная Книга «Alone on a Wide Wide Sea» написана автором Michael Morpurgo в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780007369980
Описание книги от Michael Morpurgo
Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storyteller.How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful“There were dozens of us on the ship, all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye… That is all I remember of England.”When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. Overcoming enormous hardships with fellow orphan Marty, Arthur is finally saved by the extraordinary people he meets and by his talent for boat-design and sailing. Now he has built a special boat for his daughter Allie – a solo yacht designed to carry her to England in search of his long-lost sister. Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together?“I was there on the quayside to see Allie take her out for the first time, saw her dancing through the waves, and I knew I'd never built a finer boat.”
