On the eve of her wedding, a weary but spirited farmer girl gathers up her beloved horse, Jack…and an unexpected companion in her mute brother, Bean and escapes…She escapes from a future that promises to be bleak and soul-crushing.…and thus begin the reluctant adventures of Pell Ridley.
Striding about in breeches, she’s an expert on all things equestrian. As she heads off to an unknown future, she meets strangers who promise to put the Devil to shame. But there are also reluctant Samaritans…people who can overlook the shoddily-clad girl to notice her core-strength. Pell meets individuals with hidden-agendas and also ones with genuine kindness. The cherry on the cake is the enigmatic Dogman (whose real name remains a mystery). Brooding and brusque, he cuts a promising figure as a possible hero to Pell’s newly awakened senses.
If you cut to the chase, it’s a simple story…straightforward, with a lot of coincidences (or fate, if you will) neatly stitched in to keep you sufficiently entranced. The beauty of the story lies in the mellifluous language of Meg Rosoff. The prose flows, the plot unwinds gracefully and as you turn the pages, you wish the book were an age-old parchment covered with loping, curlicue script befitting a fairytale.
The genre in itself is difficult to peg down. Not wholly a romance, barely a thriller and just skirting around the edges of a coming-of-age tale – The Bride’s Farewell encompasses the life of a girl who has enough guts and gumption to keep you hooked till the very end.
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