A RESUME OF TANAH AIR BETA

TANAH AIR BETA NOVEL by SEFRYANA KHAIRIL A story about the struggle of life, yearning, uncertainty, friendship and love. Start from the island ex of Indonesian is called Timor-Timur (Timor Leste). A road looks like full by a thousand people who want to flee. They faces seen very tired, scared, and they can’t say anything. They just straight away and follow the others. Mama Tatiana, a young mother with redness curly hair. She flanked the tikar and took his daughter, Merry, with carrying a basket and a bottle of water. Motain is the bridge was a meeting place for families, they hugging each other and crying. Uncle Abu Bakar, a man who wanted to speak with the volunteer in a line, finally he get the chance. He always come and come but he never get what he want, then he think to send a message to his wife so the volunteer given him pen and paper whereas he can’t writing and he to be wary because his wife also can’t read the message so it’s useless. In other side, mom Tatiana in a hurry come to a volunteer named Lukman, who has done serve an evacuee. “I just want to know a report of my son, Mauro”. Lukman can’t give what she wanted and finally Tatiana send a message to volunteer and given the letter to Mauro that contained with address of Tatiana and Merry stay and waiting Mauro. In evacuate camp, Tatiana be a teacher also Merry is a student in those school with Carlo, a naughty boy. Carlo always disturbed other student, included Merry. He put a frog into Merry’s clothes and another. But in a noon, Uncle Abu Bakar came to the school and filled in to Carlo a bad news, which his mother was dying. It is makes Carlo shocked, a gladness of Carlo change to sorrow because of that and Carlo running, leave the school with sadness. Abu Bakar came to Tatiana house to advise her something, something about Mauro. Afterwards they visited place of volunteer to take the reply of Mauro’s message. When they arrived there, there is a bad news that Mauro won’t meet his mother. Mauro just wanted to meet his sister, Merry. Because of that bad news, Tatiana feeling sad and sick. Knowing that condition Merry went to his brother brought news that their mother was sick. She was alone visited to Timor Leste bravely. Tatiana panic and order Carlo to follow Marry. Finally, they met Mauro on a song they sang together. So is Tatiana that followed them silently.