Comments on: Greensleeves, Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:01:18 +0000

In reply to Kinga. I don't know! I'd be over the moon if they would do that!

By: Kinga

Kinga — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:23:00 +0000

Oh… Now I WANT this book.

But it would cost me at least £50 …. Why won’t the reprint it? Or at least make it available on Kindle!!!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:23:46 +0000

In reply to Luftmensch. I've never found a discussion page for it, but everyone I know who has read this book has loved it. It's such a good book! I reread it at least once a year and never get tired of it.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:23:11 +0000

In reply to Janice.

Hi Janice! I hope you’re able to find a copy again — might you at least be able to find a copy at the library that your daughters could read? I’m always hoping they’ll put it back in print, of course. I sometimes daydream about finding a copy and sending it to JK Rowling and having her talk about it until they put it back into print like they did The Little White Horse and I Capture the Castle. :p

By: Luftmensch

Luftmensch — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:11:19 +0000

I suddenly had the impulse to search on Amazon to see whether this was in print and of course it wasn’t, but what wonderful comments from other people who loved this book as much as I did and do! I broadened my search to Google and it led me here — only the day after Janice! Myself, I’m 50 now and I read the book in the Seventies, too. I’ve read it over and over, well I’ve inhabited it, lived in it, as it sounds like so many others have, too. I wonder if there’s a discussion forum or a Facebook page for Greensleeves anywhere? Thanks to Jenny for the original post!

By: Janice

Janice — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:50:03 +0000

I am 53 years old and I first read Greensleeves in Junior High in 1970. I discovered it when I worked in the School Library in 7th grade, and continued to check it out to read it over and over again those two years. Over the years since I have periodically searched for it but was hampered by my in ability to remember the title or author. The last couple of days the melody to ‘What Child is this?’ (‘Greensleeves’) has been playing in my mind over and over- while the book kept coming to mind. Last night it all came together, enough so that at 5:30 am on a Saturday I had to get up and search for it online. What a great book. I wish I’d had it for my daughters to read. I’d love to read it again. I’ll be haunting ebay and library sales.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:43:01 +0000

In reply to Ray.

I’ve tried to read Pharaoh at least five times over the years, and I’ve never been able to finish it. I was so excited when I found out it existed, because I thought it’d be like another Mara, and it was such a disappointment.

But yeah, Greensleeves is wonderful, I’m always excited to hear from others who’ve read it! I hope you’re able to find a copy soon.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:35:03 +0000

I love Eloise Jarvis McGraw’s books — Mara Daughter of the Nile being my favorite (although I may be in the same position as you. At this point, there’s so much nostalgia and emotion wrapped up with it that I can’t tell anymore. But I LOVE it.)

…the two that I have never been able to read, but wanted to, were Pharoah and Greensleeves. I moved recently and found them at my library. Waded through Pharoah, but it is now the only McGraw book that I have read and not altogether cared for. There’s some good stuff in there, but on the whole it just doesn’t pull together. …Then I read Greensleeves. It was totally unexpected… it seems in an entirely different vein than any other of her books. And it is wonderful. I came online hoping to miraculously find a cheap copy… and found your review instead. So I thought I’d share my experience 🙂

I love how it starts out with a farfetched concept, but by the time you’ve finished it is undeniably beautifully real. The decisions that she must face really resonant, personally.