Chasing Shadows
Subtitle: A Novel
By: [by] Louisa Dawkins.
Edition: First Houghton Mifflin ed. Mar '88
Series: Houghton Mifflin Books
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: March 29, 1988
Place of publication: Boston, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780395441435
Copyright date: 1988 by A. and A.L. Trust
Description: ***From Library Journal:*** Ten-year-old Joanna Drayton adores her older brother, James, and her glamourous governess, Miss Cathcart. But when her self-centered father discovers that the governess and James have become lovers, he fires her and alienates him. A bewildered Joanna is sent to boarding school, where she leads a miserable life.

James doesn't rescue her. Miss Cathcart doesn't keep in touch. Yet, despite her isolation, Joanna not only survives but becomes a successful concert pianist. All the characters but Joanna are so selfish it is hard to empathize with anyone.

Confusing chronology at the book's start compounds the difficulty of relating to Joanna's story.***--Kathy Piehl, Mankato State Univ., Minn. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.***
Notes: ***Manufactured in the U.S.A.***