The Ghost's Child
By Sonya Hartnett
(Candlewick, Hardcover, 9780763639648, 192pp.)
Publication Date: October 14, 2008
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, Compact Disc
Categories: Legends, Myths, & Fables - Other
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This enchanting fable of a young woman and a wild boy is a haunting
meditation on the nature of love and loss.
Maddy, an old lady now, arrives home one day to find a peculiar boy waiting for her. Over tea, she tells him the story of her life long ago, when she wished for her days to be as romantic and mysterious as a fairy tale. It was then that she fell painfully in love with a free spirit named Feather, who put aside his wild ways to live with her in a little cottage, conceived with her a child never to be born, and disappeared — leaving an inconsolable Maddy to follow after him on a fantastical journey across the sea. In a beautifully crafted tale, currently shortlisted for a 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize, Sonya Hartnett masterfully explores the mysteries of the heart, the sustaining power of memory, and the ultimate consolation that comes to souls who live fully and fearlessly.
Sonya Hartnett is the author of THURSDAY'S CHILD, WHAT THE BIRDS SEE, STRIPES OF THE SIDESTEP WOLF, THE SILVER DONKEY, and SURRENDER, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. She lives in Australia.
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