SuitabookA String in the Harp
Nancy Bond
- Reading
- Read it together or check in after the opening chapters if bereavement feels close to home; pause to discuss the shift between family life and Taliesin’s time.
- Themes
- Bereavement and family adjustment: Following their mother's sudden death, three American children are living in Wales for a year; Jen grieves, Peter is described as hostile and sullen, and Becky misses her sister. The plot places grief and unsettled family relationships alongside the fantasy adventure; how these experiences are ultimately treated is unclear.
- Taliesin and the harp key: Peter finds a harp-tuning key that shows images from Taliesin's life in sixth-century Wales; the key later draws wider attention and a threat. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The nature and intensity of that threat are not clear.