In case you're not in the know, this is a huge deal. If you think this sounds pretty darn interesting, you're not alone: The book won the Newbery Medal in 1981, the year after it came out. ( Source) She didn't think carrying that kind of bitterness and resentment into adulthood was such a swell idea, so she created Sara Louise Bradshaw-a girl who definitely has a reason to hate her sister, but who also has to figure out how to get over that hatred before it swallows her whole. Katherine Paterson said she was inspired to write Jacob Have I Loved when she was thinking about adults who still freak out about childhood jealousies.
So, she does the next best thing, instead: she bitterly resents her sister through to adulthood. She's tired of being second best all the time, but try as she might, Louise can't do anything to improve her luck. Why would anyone ever pay attention to Louise?Īs you can imagine, all of this attention on Caroline really begins to get on Louise's nerves after a while. It begins the moment Caroline is born, when she steals the spotlight by nearly dying-what a drama queen-and it just keeps on keeping on, bolstered by the fact that Caroline is beautiful and can sing like an angel and is all-around #winning. Louise lives her entire life in the shadow of her perfect and talented twin sister, Caroline. Take it from Sara Louise Bradshaw in Jacob Have I Loved. Still, though, falling just shy of being top dog can really sting. Being second isn't all that bad, and we wouldn't turn up our nose at a silver medal (in case anyone is offering). No one ever wrote a song called " All I Do Is Nearly Win" or " Simply the Second Best." Nope-the winner gets all the glory, but second place, well, they're first loser.
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