A far cry from the Mid-West setting one associates with Carol Brink in her memorable juveniles, this is a story of five youngsters grown to maturity in a Channel port village in France. To each- John Marsh and his sister Hilda who have been in the United States, to Raoul and Catalina from Spain, and to Vicky who is English, the Headland offers something different and forms a constant to their contrasting characters.Through the periods of the Spanish Civil War and World War II, the reader sees their futures evolve.
A far cry from the Mid-West setting one associates with Carol Brink in her memorable juveniles, this is a story of five youngsters grown to maturity in a Channel port village in France. To each- John Marsh and his sister Hilda who have been in the United States, to Raoul and Catalina from Spain, and to Vicky who is English, the Headland offers something different and forms a constant to their contrasting characters.Through the periods of the Spanish Civil War and World War II, the reader sees their futures evolve.