![]() ![]() “…it is a pure sorrow to me,” she says, “that, once my mother leaves there will be no one left with the name of Bradshaw. She is an adult when the novel opens, returning to Rass Island where her mother still lives. Their crotchety paternal grandmother also lives with them. Their father is a fisherman their mother a former school teacher. The girls live on Rass Island, off the coast of Maryland. ![]() The title of the book comes from the bible, Romans 9:13: “As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” The quote refers to the story of siblings Jacob and Esau and the novel tells the story of siblings Sara Louise and her twin sister, Caroline. It is a pretty famous book though, and I figured I should read it. Although this book has been on my radar for many years, I was perhaps just a teensy bit too old for it when it was published in 1980, so I didn’t read it then. Katherine Peterson’s novel Jacob Have I Loved was a Newberry Medal winner in 1981. ![]()
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