All through the Night Andrea crudup Feb.25 th,2011 Media Assistant

Mary Higgins Clark Mary Higgins Clark was united to earth on December 24,1929.Her birthplace is Bronx New York. Mary religion is Roman Catholic or Ethnicity. The occupation Ms. Mary decided to attend was to become a Novelist. Mary graduated from high school and attended a secretary to help support her family after her brother died. Mary began writing short stories and published the first suspense novel, Where are the Children?, was published in The book that I have read by her, All through the Night was published October 1,1999.

About the book The book is based on a young unmarried woman leaves her newborn child on the rectory doorstep at a church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. At the same time a young man is stealing treasured art craft from inside the church, he is stealing a chalice adorned with a single diamond in the middle. The chalice and infant disappear. The women is alvirah The thief is willy The second main idea of the book is trying to solve the case on who stole the baby from the church and who has a clue about who it might be.

Cordelia( PROTAGNIST) This is willy sister who is a nun. Willy and his wife Alvirah are busy helping Cordelia run her thrift shop. Cordelia also runs an afterschool shelter for the kids. She lives alone but willy helps her. In the book cordelia is SEVENTY YEARS OLD. Willy- is Alvirah husband. Alvirah- is the lottery winner turned amateur sleuth. They both got caught up in a Christmas mystery that calls on all of Alvirah deductive powers, also willy’s worlds-class common sense. This couple are probably in there mid 30’s. They live together IN the story. The Characters

Plot Developm ent MAN VS. SOCIETY BASICALLY CORDELIA IS TRYING TO RESOLVE A PROBLEM BEING THAT SHE IS 70 YEARS OLD KEEPING 36 KIDS THAT ARE AGES SIX TO ELEVEN WHO SHE KEEPS AFTER THEY COME FROM SCHOOL.AND THE BUILDING THAT THE CHILDERN ARRIVE AT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SOLD. CORDELIA AND ALVIRAH ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE EVERYONE BY ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID. BUT WITH ALL THE THINGS BEING SAID ITS STILL A DECISION THAT HAS TO BE MADE. MAN VS. SELF CORDELIA IS SPEAKING UP FOR THE CHILDREN SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE AN AFTERSCHOOL PLACE TO COME TO. SHE’S SPEAKING TO EVERYONE ABOUT HOW THE KIDS HAVE COME ALONG AND WHY TRY TO MOVE THEM TO SOMEWHERE THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO GO. SHE’S ALSO SAYING THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO COMPLAINING FROM THE CHILDREN SO SHE’S BASICALLY NOT WILLING TO MOVE UNTIL FORCED TO DO SO.

Rising action Losing the baby by a thief picking it up in front of the church. The old lady name having to give her building up where she kept the kids afterschool and discussing about finding another building. Stellina asking Nonna if she could take a cup to the pageant and pretend that as the mother she was giving it to baby Jesus Solving all problems by getting the building for the kids and finding the baby.

Summary The book is based on a young unmarried woman leaves her newborn child on the rectory doorstep at a church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. At the same time a young man is stealing treasured art craft from inside the church, he is stealing a chalice adorned with a single diamond in the middle. The chalice and infant disappear. The women is alvirah The thief is willy The second main idea of the book is trying to solve the case on who stole the baby from the church and who has a clue about who it might be.

Recommendation I dislike the book. Maybe because I wasn’t focus or just wasn’t interested in the book. Of course if it had pictures it would catch my attention. I understand that the author of the book took there time with the book and didn’t think about the book being with pictures. I would recommend that a person that really like reading books would read it but someone like me pick a book with little pictures.

Resource Page Mary H Clark All Around the Town F Cla c1992 Before I say Goodbye F Cla C2000 Let me Call you Sweetheart F Cla c1995

Work Cited Page All through The Night Clark, Mary H. All Through The Night. New York, N.Y: Simon & Schuster, Print. Clark, Mary H. "Mary Higgins Clark Biography." om/articles/Mary- Higgins-Clark Web. 28 Feb Clark, Mary H. Mary Higgins Clark Psychology Today. Web. 28 Feb