The children, mostly girls, who go through the doors become irrevocably changed, many of them becoming mature beyond their actual years. Behind the titular doorway lie alternate worlds, some magical, some dangerous, and some both. This new story from a veteran fantasy author offers writing that's full of imagery and evocative emotions and helps build suspense from the very first sentence. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Lewis' classics, even as it carves its own precocious space between them." ― NPR "With Every Heart a Doorway, McGuire has created her own mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy ― a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. "Seanan McGuire once again demonstrates her intimate knowledge of the human heart in a powerful fable of loss, yearning and damaged children." ― Paul Cornell, author of London Falling and Witches of Lychford Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of A Gathering of Shadows " Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire is one of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read." ― V. We know this story isn't true, but it is truth." ― Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series (TV's True Blood)
"Seanan McGuire has long been one of the smartest writers around, and with this novella we can easily see that her heart is as big as her brain. There's a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it's up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of things. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.īut Nancy's arrival marks a change at the Home. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. else.īut magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Lewis' classics" ―NPRĬhildren have always disappeared under the right conditions slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere. "A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy ― a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C.
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