Creech, S. (1996). Walk two moons.
New York: HarperTrophy.
Sal is trying to cope with the seperation of her parents. Her mother left her father and in so doing, abandoned her as well. Sal misses her mother dearly and is devastated to be away from her. Her grandparents take her on a road trip so she can go see her mother. The memories of her childhood haunt her...her parents got along fine, they seemed happy. Her mom was happy... As she dwells on the events that led her mother to depression and her inability to continue her role as a mother and wife, Sal is saddened at the memory of her stillborn sister. She finds refuge in her friend Phoebe, who she spends the majority of the trip talking to her grandparents about. She feels the connection with her friend and sees a reflection of her own life on hers.
Loss and divorce are two things that children of divorced parents have to face simultaneously. Sal is torn and perhaps wishes things had been different. This is what our children experience. It's not just the parents getting a divorce, their kids suffer the consequences as well.
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