Their London row house breaks off during a rainstorm, leaving the
neighbors without a side wall, and off they go - Father, Mother,
Grandmother, Morgan and the baby - to sail the Pacific Ocean and
encounter pirates, cannibals, the missing crown jewels, and at last
the Queen E II whose smitten captain tows them all home and marries
Grandmother in the end. While Father and Morgan cope, Grandmother
floats through it all on "tonic" wine, rum and champagne, flirting
with the cannibal chief and posing in the jewels, and Mother
breezes about being forgetful and mildly expressing her pleasure in
the novelty of it all. Neither woman has a redeeming feature and no
one at all is even a colorful stereotype - which might be one
reason why - despite a kidnapping, a desert island reunion and a
coconut war (all intended to be delightfully dotty - The House That
Sailed Away never takes off. (Kirkus Reviews)
It rains every day until suddenly the house floats away down the street. Grandma, Mother, Father, Morgan, the baby and Tailcat are whisked along on a series of hilarious and hair-raising adventures involving cannibals, pirates and buried treasure. The author's other books include "Rosie's Walk".
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