THE MOUSEWIFE

by Rumer Godden ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1951

Much less rarefied in appeal than The Doll's House, this witty, tender story of a sturdy little mousewife who yearned toward far horizons is a captivating fancy. Based on a story by Dorothy Wordsworth (of the Daffodil Wordsworths) this is the story of a busy mouse-mother with mouths to feed and husband to please. Then romance and adventure -- in the form of lovely, flying stories by a captive dove, brings minuscule tears to the little mouse's eyes, but in pity the mouse opens the dove's cage and allows her contact with the outside world to fly away for ever. However, after the dove's escape, the mouse finds she is given the power to see as she'd never seen before, and she is from then on a very special mouse-even unto her great- great-great-grandmotherhood.

Pub Date: March 1, 1951

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Viking

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1951

Categories: CHILDREN'S