![]() ![]() ![]() In The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, Skye, Jane, and Batty go on summer vacation with Aunt Claire, and Skye (taking on her responsibility as the Oldest Available Penderwick) nearly has a nervous breakdown as she tries to keep Batty safe and Jane free from romantic entanglements. The book explores the theme of deceit used for selfish or noble ends, and in the end the Penderwick family receives a new addition that brings happiness in the best possible way. Afraid that an evil stepmother might be coming down the pike, the Penderwick sisters try to set their father up with the worst possible selection of dates, hoping he’ll run for the hills and never want to talk to the women again. ![]() Mind you, he’s not too keen on the idea, and only agrees to it after his sister Claire insists that he goes on four different dates, at which point she’ll cease hounding him about the matter. Penderwick finally begins dating again after his wife’s death five years prior. In The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, the widower Mr. It’s been a weekend full of Penderwicks for me, and rather than write a separate post about each one, I’ll review them all here. ![]()
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