Looking For Alibrandi Character Analysis

Throughout the novel ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ by Melinda Marchetta, Josephine’s attitudes towards her family change. At the beginning of the book Josie clung to her mother and didn’t know or understand her grandmother and father. By the end, she develops a much more mature relationship with mum and comes to understand and accept her grandmother and father.

The relationship between Josie and her mother at the start of the novel was very suffocating for her mother. They were very close and loved each other but Josie didn’t understand that her mum needed to have her own life. She relies on her for everything and thinks she would be lost without her. When Christina suggested that they should go away for Easter, Josie instantly thought there