Decidedly eh. The prose was pretty and Minou was a likable main character, but both of the parents really bothered me. The father--says he uses reason and yet believes his brother's paranormal bs; objectifies the death of a young boy and tries to subsume everyone, even his loved ones, in his poin...
This is the story of a girl named Minou coming to grips with the sudden disappearance of her Mama about a year ago. Minou lives on a small lighthouse island with her Papa sometime after "the War" (which I assume is WWII, though the story never specifies). The island's only other residents are Pri...
A thick and watery presence of shades and depth, of dreams and slow heartbeats. Outside our bedroom window I can see the hazy shapes of the hedges, the wild rosebushes, the long grass and the oak. I am guessing there is frost on the grass. It’s winter in Mount Wilson. Vera is asleep next to me, h...