About this book
As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
Subjects
AuntsFictionJuvenile fictionChildren's literatureGirlsGreat-auntsRealistic fictionNonsexist children's literatureResponsibility in girlsSingle womenVoyages and travelsOld ageLupinesJuvenile literatureLibrariansGrandfathersWomen and the seaGardenersChildren's fictionFamily, fictionVoyages and travels, fictionTíasFicción juvenilSelf-realization