Ursula, Under, by Ingrid Hill
Ursula, Under, by Ingrid Hill, reviewed by Audrey Lewis, Hoyt Library
Penguin Group, 2005, 512 pages, $14.00)
Toddler Ursula Wong, running happily ahead of her mother in a meadow, suddenly disappears down an abandoned mine shaft. Her father goes for help while her mother sits by the shaft and waits for the media circus that will soon overwhelm her daughter’s plight.
Aside from being her own wonderful self, Ursula is the product of generations of Chinese, Finnish and Polish ancestors all of whom have fascinating stories which we are told as the rescue progresses. The value of a single human life is shown in the light of all those events, people and places that have come before it to make it what it is. One change in one of the stories and there would not have been an Ursula and her parents would not be waiting for her to emerge from the mine shaft with hope that only parents can know.
Penguin Group, 2005, 512 pages, $14.00)
Toddler Ursula Wong, running happily ahead of her mother in a meadow, suddenly disappears down an abandoned mine shaft. Her father goes for help while her mother sits by the shaft and waits for the media circus that will soon overwhelm her daughter’s plight.
Aside from being her own wonderful self, Ursula is the product of generations of Chinese, Finnish and Polish ancestors all of whom have fascinating stories which we are told as the rescue progresses. The value of a single human life is shown in the light of all those events, people and places that have come before it to make it what it is. One change in one of the stories and there would not have been an Ursula and her parents would not be waiting for her to emerge from the mine shaft with hope that only parents can know.
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