What Time of Night is It Author:Mary Stolz Birds, when their nests were blown down by gales, sometimes rebuilt, but often just took wing and removed themselves from the situation. People couldn't do that. They had to stay, try to salvage what they could and then rebuild. — Rebuild...start over... Taylor and Jem have pretended to do just that ever since the s... more »pring evening their mother, Junie, walked out on them to build a life of her own. Taylor walks the beaches and birdwatches--as if Junie were still at home--and Jem pretends nothing's wrong at all. Only their four-year-old brother, B.J.--still too young to feel he has to protect someone else from the hurt--acts out his feelings of betrayal.
Then Grandmother Reddick, fussy and overbearing, arrives from Massachusetts to set everything straight, and Taylor's tenuous attempts to develop stability on her own are swept aside. Again her life is being twisted into a new and uncomfortable shape. But as the summer wanes and hurricane season draws near, Taylor begins to accept that nothing is forever and real life means rebuilding after each storm.
Mary Stolz's sequel to her critically acclaimed Go And Catch A Flying Fish continues to chart the emotions and confrontations of a family whose very existence has been called into question.« less