While her sister Min is in hospital, depressed, Hattie tries to save Min's children from foster care by driving them from Canada to California in search of their father. A good excuse for a fun road trip in a dodgy van, with the stereotypically monosyllabic fifteen year old boy and a suspiciously knowing and wise-cracking girl of eleven. However, they are highly charismatic and unconventional characters and the trip makes a refreshing and uplifting story.
(Victoria Grey-Edwards - bwl 55 Winter 2011 ) |
