Mr. Underwood in Charlotte Yonge's "The Pillars of the House" has consumption, and dies a pious death early in the book, but not before giving his wife 13 children in 16 years, which evidently doesn't do very much for *her* physical or mental health.
The father in Mary Mapes Dodge's "Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates" has brain damage from an accident at work, and is miraculously cured by an operation after 10 years. There are a number of recent books where a father is ill. In Jean Little's "Mama's Gonna Buy You a Mocking Bird", the father has cancer and dies during the book. In Linda Newbery's "Ice Cat", the father has an unspecified chronic illness. In Helene Pielichaty's "Jade's Story", the father has depression. A bit earlier, Noel Streatfield's "The Painted Garden" and "Caldicott Place" both feature fathers who are ill as a result of what would now probably be called post-traumatic stress disorder. There are also some books where a father's more acute illness is used as a plot device; e.g. Noel Streatfield's "The Growing Summer", where the children stay with Aunt Dymphna because their mother has to go to be with their sick father. Ann In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tom & Tash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As soon as I posted, I thought of Dr Carr - was he sick or just old? - and > Emily of New Moon's father has consumption before shuffling off. > > Natasha > > > -- > ________________________________________ > Girlsown mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For self-administration and access to archives see > http://home.it.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/girlsown > For FAQs see http://www.club-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/girlsown/faq-0.htm > -- ________________________________________ Girlsown mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] For self-administration and access to archives see http://home.it.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/girlsown For FAQs see http://www.club-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/girlsown/faq-0.htm
