More Perfect than the Moon (Sarah, Plain and Tall)

Rating:
Summary: A STELLAR READING
Review: Versatile and always impressive actress Glenn close surely merits all the accolades and awards she has received (4 Oscar nominations, 3 Tony Awards, 1 Emmy Award, and 3 Grammy nominations). Few will forget her over the top performance in Fatal Attraction then a remarkable switch of gears to 101 Dalmatians. She uses her considerable gifts to vivify the narrator in this, the fourth installment in the Sarah Plain and Tall stories.

Much has happened since we first met the Witting family. Young Cassie is now the journal keeper, and she has a knack for writing in a diary. True, sometimes her imagination does carry her away and she records events as she wishes they might be. Nonetheless, she has a journalist's eye for details and relishes putting down her thoughts.

What she does not relish is the arrival of a new baby in their family. She's concerned about what her place will be once this usurper joins them. But, once again, Patricia MacLachlan and Glenn Close remind us of the boundlessness of love.

- Gail Cooke