Thrown together by tragedy, Eleanor Fawcett, a city girl, and her country cousin, John Campos de Serra, fall in love, but their illicit romance is hindered by Eleanor's insanely jealous father and John's sudden status as an outlaw.
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The author of To Catch the Sun here offers a flawed tale of star-crossed lovers in Brazil during the 1950s and '60s. Inseparable from their first meeting, as alike as two cubs from the same golden litter, first cousins John Campos de Serra and Eleanor Fawcett grow up together in her posh Rio de Janeiro home. Eleanor's beloved father hates John from the beginning, but the pair develop an intimacy as close as any twins'; their bond survives even a nightmarish visit to John's parents in the jungle. But as adulthood intervenes, it is shaken and tested against a backdrop of political upheaval. After finally consummating their forbidden love, they part: Eleanor marries a man who has adored her since childhood; John continues the fight he began as a student against Brazil's corrupt government, ultimately endangering them both. Bullen creates a feverishly colorful jungle sequence, but for the most part uses stilted language to clumsily relate a flat narrative. She explains rather than evokes her characters' emotions, which are generally two-dimensional in any case. This work might have been better titled The Shallow Pond .
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
John is ten years old in 1950, when he is sent to his uncle's family in Rio de Janeiro to attend school. He and his seven-year-old cousin Eleanor feel an instant affinity, as if they were two halves of one person. Everyone else notices it, too, and Eleanor's possessive father grows increasingly jealous of John's influence over her, especially after the children's visit to John's home in the jungle, where his parents are killed and he bravely saves Eleanor's life. The first cousins know they can never marry in Catholic Brazil, and they separate for a while to pursue politics and marriages to others. Ultimately, however, they realize that nothing can prevent their love. Bullen ( To Catch the Sun , LJ 6/1/90) doesn't develop her tropical setting to fullest advantage, and she creates mostly one-dimensional characters. But John and Eleanor are well drawn, and the action keeps the atmosphere tense and the pages turning.
- Andrea Lee Shuey, Dallas P.L.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Andrea Lee Shuey, Dallas P.L.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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