The Piper's Son written by Melina Marchetta, 328 pp, RL: TEEN
The Piper's Son was released in March of 2010 in Australia, right side. I can't decide which cover I like better. The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta revisits the characters from her 2003 novel, Saving Francesca , some five years after that book ended. Marchetta has a fascination with and an astounding ability to portray (and with great tenderness) the pain of families falling apart and the difficult path to coming back together. Not only are the families in The Piper's Son in pieces, but the family members are grieving the loss of their beloved Joe and the resulting disintegration of a family that they loved deeply and depended on. In The Piper's Son Marchetta focuses on two main characters, Thomas Mackee from Saving Francesca , and his aunt Georgie, who is also the twin sister of his father, Dominic. I'm not sure that The Piper's Son will (or should) have the same impact on a young adult reading this book, just starting his or her life, as