Interesting, thanks, peregrina. It's a shame that the publisher has reprinted without acknowledging that this is a revised second edition. That kind of thing drives the Librarians where I work mad!

I have seen the Songhunter movie. Yes, it was very touching.

I know Anna (the daughter) personally, and find her to be very brave and forthright in the way she deals with the past--but she doesn't allow people to get away with gratuitously trashing Alan, either. I'm sure she appreciated Shirley's good-hearted forgiveness, and the change in the book.