Hahn's Stepping on the Cracks, 1991, which probes much deeper into this issue). Norah develops a fervent crush on Andrew, a kind boy who (after he notices) preserves his friendly demeanor with admirable tact he even confides his horror of killing to Norah alone, so that his later decision to join up comes as a shock to her (cf. Of the nine cousins in the youngest generation, the one of greatest interest to Norah is Andrew, 19, a would-be actor whose family is pushing him into engineering school or the army (as an officer, of course class is taken for granted). The family's lifestyle (plus Pearson's depiction of it) is leisurely-boating, games, etc. The second in a trilogy (The Sky Is Falling, 1990)-about two English children sent to live in Canada during WW II-takes Norah (now 13) and little brother Gavin for a summer at the large lakeside establishment of the Drummond family, whose several generations come there also to join Norah's hostess, wealthy old Mrs.
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