NEWS OF THE WORLD by
Paulette Jiles
This is a wise book. The story of an old man who has lost
all his worldly possessions in the Civil War and now reads the newspapers to
folks who cannot read or have no access to papers and the 10-year-old returning
Kiowa captive girl who has now lost two families in heart wrenching circumstances
is also a tale of love, hope and the unbreakable human spirit. Told in spare
prose, the story is itself spare, and that moves the reader more than more
florid words could.
Doris, one of the supporting characters says of Johanna and
other returned captives, “our first creation is a turning of the soul…toward the
light. To go through another, tears all the making of the first… to bits…they
are forever falling.” (pg.56) Good and evil live in this book. Good wins and we
are gladdened.
A lovely book that I can highly recommend.
5 of 5 stars
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