Dear Rikard - Softcover

Lene Ask

 
9780992908256: Dear Rikard

Synopsis

Rikard Jakobsen was born in 1875 on Madagascar, where his parents were missionaries. When he was six years old, the family moved back home to Stavanger. After Rikard's mother died, his father remarried and returned to missionary service with his new wife. Rikard and his older sister and brother, Elisabeth and Jakob, were left in Stavanger, at Solbakken, a children's home for missionary children. Rikard was eight when his father left, and ten years were to pass before they saw each other again. Lene Ask tells Rikard's story based on an exchange of letters.

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Review

However, the delicacy of Ask s work and the expressive imagery she conjures up make Dear Rikard a quiet triumph, and a rich draft for anyone captivated by perceptive and sensitive illustration. Tom Murphy - Broken Frontier"

Families relationships are complex, and the emotional attachments that exist between members can be smooth or strained or both. Physical and emotional distances play a significant part in Lene Ask s exploration of separation and restrained communication. Derek Brazell - Association of Illustators"

..". a quiet triumph, perceptive and sensitive" -- Tom Murphy, Broken Frontier

"Physical and emotional distances between father and son play a significant part in Lene Ask's exploration of separation and restrained communication." -- Derek Brazil, Association of Illustators

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