note to self, mainly: Must Locate This Book..
when out in paperback.. Must remember.
Reading my email newsletter from Borders, discovered this:
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Sounds fascinating. Must look for. Borders email says this:
"Once upon a time, for that is how all stories should begin, there was a boy who lost his mother." So begins The Book of Lost Things, a wonderful and welcome departure for John Connolly that's both an enchanting modern fairy tale and a touching portrait of a boy facing his fears while on the verge of adulthood. Months after his mother's death at the outset of World War II, 12-year-old David finds himself in the British countryside with a new stepmother and half-brother. His attic bedroom, filled with books, overlooks a sunken garden with a curious hole in its wall, through which he enters an eerie realm where the inhabitants, from the bloodthirsty Loups to the aging king, live in fear of the Crooked Man. It's a book that stays with you not only for the height of its imagination, but also for the depth of its feeling. Also available as an audiobook on CD.
http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=56005959
Amazon.com reviews say this:
From Publishers Weekly
Thriller writer Connolly (Every Dead Thing) turns from criminal fears to primal fears in this enchanting novel about a 12-year-old English boy, David, who is thrust into a realm where eternal stories and fairy tales assume an often gruesome reality. Books are the magic that speak to David, whose mother has died at the start of WWII after a long debilitating illness. His father remarries, and soon his stepmother is pregnant with yet another interloper who will threaten David's place in his father's life. When a portal to another world opens in time-honored fashion, David enters a land of beasts and monsters where he must undertake a quest if he is to earn his way back out. Connolly echoes many great fairy tales and legends (Little Red Riding Hood, Roland, Hansel and Gretel), but cleverly twists them to his own purposes. Despite horrific elements, this tale is never truly frightening, but is consistently entertaining as David learns lessons of bravery, loyalty and honor that all of us should learn. (Nov.)
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Book Description
New York Times bestselling author John Connolly's unique imagination takes readers through the end of innocence into adulthood and beyond in this dark and triumphantly creative novel of grief and loss, loyalty and love, and the redemptive power of stories.
High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother. He is angry and alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in his imagination, he finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a land that is a strange reflection of his own world, populated by heroes and monsters, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book... The Book of Lost Things.
An imaginative tribute to the journey we must all make through the loss of innocence into adulthood, John Connolly's latest novel is a book for every adult who can recall the moment when childhood began to fade, and for every adult about to face that moment. The Book of Lost Things is a story of hope for all who have lost, and for all who have yet to lose. It is an exhilarating tale that reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives.
http://www.amazon.com/Book-Lost-Things-Novel/dp/0743298853/sr=8-1/qid=1163187412/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2290017-4142235?ie=UTF8&s=books
Reading my email newsletter from Borders, discovered this:
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Sounds fascinating. Must look for. Borders email says this:
"Once upon a time, for that is how all stories should begin, there was a boy who lost his mother." So begins The Book of Lost Things, a wonderful and welcome departure for John Connolly that's both an enchanting modern fairy tale and a touching portrait of a boy facing his fears while on the verge of adulthood. Months after his mother's death at the outset of World War II, 12-year-old David finds himself in the British countryside with a new stepmother and half-brother. His attic bedroom, filled with books, overlooks a sunken garden with a curious hole in its wall, through which he enters an eerie realm where the inhabitants, from the bloodthirsty Loups to the aging king, live in fear of the Crooked Man. It's a book that stays with you not only for the height of its imagination, but also for the depth of its feeling. Also available as an audiobook on CD.
http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=56005959
Amazon.com reviews say this:
From Publishers Weekly
Thriller writer Connolly (Every Dead Thing) turns from criminal fears to primal fears in this enchanting novel about a 12-year-old English boy, David, who is thrust into a realm where eternal stories and fairy tales assume an often gruesome reality. Books are the magic that speak to David, whose mother has died at the start of WWII after a long debilitating illness. His father remarries, and soon his stepmother is pregnant with yet another interloper who will threaten David's place in his father's life. When a portal to another world opens in time-honored fashion, David enters a land of beasts and monsters where he must undertake a quest if he is to earn his way back out. Connolly echoes many great fairy tales and legends (Little Red Riding Hood, Roland, Hansel and Gretel), but cleverly twists them to his own purposes. Despite horrific elements, this tale is never truly frightening, but is consistently entertaining as David learns lessons of bravery, loyalty and honor that all of us should learn. (Nov.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author John Connolly's unique imagination takes readers through the end of innocence into adulthood and beyond in this dark and triumphantly creative novel of grief and loss, loyalty and love, and the redemptive power of stories.
High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother. He is angry and alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in his imagination, he finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a land that is a strange reflection of his own world, populated by heroes and monsters, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book... The Book of Lost Things.
An imaginative tribute to the journey we must all make through the loss of innocence into adulthood, John Connolly's latest novel is a book for every adult who can recall the moment when childhood began to fade, and for every adult about to face that moment. The Book of Lost Things is a story of hope for all who have lost, and for all who have yet to lose. It is an exhilarating tale that reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives.
http://www.amazon.com/Book-Lost-Things-Novel/dp/0743298853/sr=8-1/qid=1163187412/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2290017-4142235?ie=UTF8&s=books