Blurb From First Edition
Tragedy strikes the deepening friendship between Tamzin Grey and Meryon Fairbrass when Meryon is blinded by ammonia while trying to prevent a bank raid. Meryon accepts his blindness with a resigned bitterness, and Tamzin realises that he is gradually drawing away from her. Determined not to be excluded from his unhappiness, she buys a tape recorder and begins a ‘correspondence’ with him, telling him all the local news, including the machinations of Mrs. Venus, the poison-pen letter writer, and the somewhat mysterious movements of Jim Decks, the fisherman; and together they train Meg, a failure as a sheepdog, to be a successful guide dog. However, an air crash in which Meryon’s uncle and aunt are killed, sends the Fairbrass family and Tamzin on a wild eleventh- hour dash to Spain in the hope of a successful corneal graft operation. This new Romney Marsh story shows Monica Edwards in a more serious mood, and her portrayal of Meryon’s struggle within himself and descriptions of the infinite patience needed to train a guide dog, are touching and sympathetic. This is a moving story for older readers, with a real understanding of young people’s problems and their maturing emotions.
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