Sarah Richardson hated leaving her best friend in Wyoming,
but her father just received a new position as a marine
biologist. He would be studying killer whales in Canada and
moving was inevitable. Once she saw her house on the water,
she knew her life would never be the same. Sarah began her
journey with a new type of friend, an Indian girl named
Goldie and her wise old grandmother, Nana. Winning over the
school bully, Goldie, Annie and Sarah soon became "the Three
Warriors". Whenever Sarah questioned her own wisdom, Nana
drawing from native folklore, always knew the right lessons
to teach at just the right time until tragedy struck in
Sarah's life. Sarah's mom died of a heart disease, Sarah's
dad made the ultimate sacrifice, and Sarah was left trying
to piece her life back together in a world she could no
longer reach. Haunted by the loss of her family and friends,
lack of memory of that dreadful day, and numerous visions at
night, Sarah packed up the rest of the memories and moved
with her grandparents. Shut down to the world, it would take
many years before Sarah would come home again to see the
killer whales, experience the native spirituality and
receive the healing she so desperately needed and the
forgiveness that could set her free.
In our lives, there are friends that come and go and some
that touch our hearts for a lifetime. Since books are like
friends, WHALE SONG is the later type. Ms. Tardif has the
ability to reach beyond the compounds of the mind in order
to penetrate into the heart. What an excellent read! She has
a beautiful way of expressing the dignity of the native
Indians' culture and traditions. It makes for a magical
bitter-sweet journey. Filled with inspiration and hope, this
book had a profound effect on me, and I hope to keep it as a
lifelong friend. An A+ novel.
Based on native legends of killer whales and wolves,
this haunting tale of change and choice sensitively explores
issues of the right to die, integrating the optimistic
spiritualism of native myth and the hard realities of
modern-day life. This beautiful story, told in flashback,
straddles the genres of mystery and family drama, as the
only witness to a tragedy loses her memory and an innocent
person may be in prison for the crime, posing the difficult
question Which is the higher morality—love or law?
This special edition includes new scenes from the author's
screenplay.
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