Saffys Angel, Hilary McKay
Saffys Angel, Hilary McKay
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Saffy's Angel

Author: Hilary McKay

Narrator: Julia Sawalha

Unabridged: 4 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2002


Synopsis

Saffron's two sisters, Cadmium and Rose, and her brother Indigo were all named from a color chart by their mother Eve, a fine-arts painter. When Saffron, known as Saffy, discovers that her name is not on the chart, it soon leads to another discovery. She has been adopted.

Life in the Banana House, as their home is called, is never dull. Caddy, the eldest, is taking driving lessons from an instructor who happens to be a very attractive young man. Indigo dreams up ways, sometimes quite dangerous, to conquer fear. Rose, the youngest, has learned how to get her own way without upsetting the other. As for Saffy, all she remembers from when she was very small is a stone angel in a garden in Italy. With the help of a newfound friend, Saffy sets out on an adventurous and sometimes hilarious search for her angel.

About The Author

Hilary McKay is the award-winning author of two picture books and several novels, including Dog Friday, The Amber Cat, and Dolphin Lunch. She lives with her family in Derbyshire, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth

Saffy's Angel is poignant and hilarious, and very, very British, and absolutely fabulous. I don't quite know how to recap it without ruining the constant surprise of the humor, but why don't you meet the characters? Here's Rose: Rose was still awake, late though it was. She was painting a desert land......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

It’s very hard to explain why this book is so beautiful and so moving. I can start with the barest of summaries:Saffron didn’t know she was adopted until she couldn’t find her name on the paint color chart in the Cassons’ wonderfully disorganized house. Even though Eve and Bill Casson, her aunt and......more

Goodreads review by Jacob

Saffy's Angel starts off a bit harrowing as the author drives you immediately into the world of a family afflicted with artism and associated dysfunctions. Fortunately, that first scene includes a walk-on by a woman who can be used to represent your every-day sensibilities and if you let her carry y......more

Goodreads review by Julie

Delightful! A touch of "everything old is new again" here. As comforting and nostalgic as warm rice pudding. The narrator's tone and the characters' language made me often feel I was reading the sort of books I read as a child (translation: books at least 25+ years old). And yet, convincingly contem......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

Lovely British children's book about a family of eccentrics. The mom is an absent-minded painter who named her children after paint colors, the hilariously insensitive father is nearly entirely absent, and the four kids are up to assorted hijinks involving keeping hamsters in pockets, stowing away t......more